US 12,078,018 B2
Solid signal puck for wellbore perforating gun
James Edward Kash, Houston, TX (US); Ryan Ward, Tomball, TX (US); Benjamin Vascal Knight, Katy, TX (US); Joe Noel Wells, Lindale, TX (US); Brian Auer, Houston, TX (US); Timmothy Lee, Tomball, TX (US); Steven Zakharia, Houston, TX (US); and Charles Levine, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,563.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/219,541, filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,057, filed on May 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,042, filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325586 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 43/119 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/028 (2013.01) [E21B 43/119 (2013.01)] 47 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for connecting a perforating gun to at least one other component in a perforating tool string, the system comprising:
a perforating gun that includes a gun housing and a charge carrier received within the gun housing wherein the charge carrier includes a first electrical connector for conducting at least one of electrical signals and electrical power;
a tool connected end-to-end with the perforating gun where the tool includes an outer sleeve and a second electrical connector within the outer sleeve for conducting at least one of electrical signals and electrical power;
a solid signal puck arranged with the perforating gun and the tool where the puck forms a pressure resistant barrier between the gun and the tool and wherein the solid signal puck includes a first endface oriented generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the gun housing, a second endface longitudinally opposite the first endface and an outer periphery between the endfaces, wherein the solid signal puck is solid along a central axis of the solid signal puck entirely between the first endface and the second endface, and wherein the largest outer diameter of the outer periphery is at least 40% of the length between the first endface and the second endface of the puck; and
wherein the solid signal puck is in direct physical contact with both the first electrical connector and with the second electrical connector for conducting at least one of electrical signals and electrical power between the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector.