Patents Assigned to Hunting Titan, Inc.
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Patent number: 12134958Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a perforating tool string using a perforating unit with a control board and shooting power supply.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Adam Dyess, Timothy Vriend, Sridhar Rajaram, David Dobsky, Antonie Gucciardi
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Patent number: 12123286Abstract: A method and apparatus for a perforating gun having a movable detonator holder in a first perforating gun that is positioned inside the carrier such that the detonator is not directly positioned end to end nor side by side with the detonating cord in the loading tube. When a second perforating gun is screwed onto the first perforating gun, the entire charge tube assembly moves, closing the detonator holder further into the carrier such that the detonating holder closes in on the detonating cord until the detonator is adjacent to the detonating cord to connect the detonator to detonating cord ballistic train.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Adam Dyess, Julio Cesar Veliz
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Patent number: 12104468Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, using a shaped charge housing containing a cluster of one or more shaped charges. The cluster contains with the apex ends facing each other, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator located in the middle of the cluster of the one or more shaped charges. The shaped charge housing can be one of many shaped charge housings coupled together to perforate in a plurality of single planes.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai
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Patent number: 12098624Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting the orientation of each perforating gun in a wellbore and using that information in arming and firing each perforating gun in a perforating gun string.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Sridhar Rajaram, Adam Dyess, Jason Hoang Mai
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Patent number: 12091949Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a universal plug in cartridge detonator capability in box-by-box perforating guns by providing a tandem sub, having a cartridge detonator assembly, that is capable of connecting to a box end of a perforating gun on one side and connecting to a pinned end of a second perforating gun.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Adam Dyess, Jason Hoang Mai, Richard Wayne Bradley, Joshua Blake Howk
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Publication number: 20240287877Abstract: Using timed or clocked threads to seal a first perforating gun to a second perforating gun that aligns the scallops of both perforating guns in a desired configuration when the threads are fully engaged, such as in at least one example, using a positive stop that resist rotation of the threads beyond a predetermined point of thread engagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Richard Bradley, Ryan Ghasemi
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Publication number: 20240280350Abstract: A method and apparatus for attenuating a shaped charge explosive by layering shock attenuation materials in between an internal liner and external shell to form a shaped charge case.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Shane Matthew Wilson, Christopher Brian Sokolove, Patrick Valentino
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Patent number: 12065913Abstract: A method and apparatus for detonating a power charge in downhole wellbore using a heating element embedded within the energetic material of the power charge.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Laura Montoya Ashton, Richard Wayne Bradley, Christopher Sokolove, Isaiah Acevedo, Johnny Covalt
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Patent number: 12066423Abstract: A shaped charge target apparatus and method for using a target composed of synthetic material, thereby allowing for repeatable testing at a variety of density and hardness values.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Ian Douglas Rudnik, Christopher Brian Sokolove, Laura Montoya Ashton, Morgan Tompkins
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Publication number: 20240247574Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing pulse fracturing of a wellbore using a combination of timing and/or explosive properties to provide a pressure pulse, resulting in the necessary pressure to open artificial fractures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Sokolove
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Publication number: 20240229564Abstract: A top connection and sub that provides a reliable electrical connection between a perforating gun and a power charge using a housing with a distal protrusion having a hollow opening adapted to receive a power charge and at least one locking mechanism for locking to the end of a power charge, wherein the first end is adapted to be coupled to a perforating gun and the second end is adapted to couple to a setting tool, and the distal protrusion is adapted to twist and lock to a power charge, a contact assembly comprising a contact housing with a contact rod disposed therein and insulated from the contact housing, a retainer nut containing a feed thru contact pin, slideably disposed within the retainer nut and electrically coupled to the contact rod with a spring, for a more reliable electrically ignited power charges in perforating gun strings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventor: Zachary James Taylor
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Publication number: 20240218764Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a tandem sub to connect one or more perforating gun assemblies, having a rotational bearing mechanism lining the inner diameter in both ends to allow the charge tube assembly to rotate within the gun body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Bradley, Julio Cesar
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Publication number: 20240183644Abstract: A method and apparatus for igniting a power charge in downhole wellbore using an ignition propellant mixed with a main propellant, the ignition propellant may be concentrated at the first end of a housing where it is the majority propellant and then gradually mix with the main propellant, transitioning to a majority of the main propellant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Ty Stovall, Jeffrey Wayne Smith, Johnny Covalt, Zachary James Taylor
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Publication number: 20240175338Abstract: A method and apparatus for a perforating gun having a movable detonator holder in a first perforating gun that is positioned inside the carrier such that the detonator is not directly positioned end to end nor side by side with the detonating cord in the loading tube. When a second perforating gun is screwed onto the first perforating gun, the entire charge tube assembly moves, closing the detonator holder further into the carrier such that the detonating holder closes in on the detonating cord until the detonator is adjacent to the detonating cord to connect the detonator to detonating cord ballistic train.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Adam Dyess, Julio Cesar Veliz
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Patent number: 11982163Abstract: A method and apparatus for coupling a pre-wired end fitting with a shaped charge loading tube where the end fitting centers and orients the loading tube within a perforating gun and further includes a selective switch, feed through contact and orifices to insert a wireless detonator and detonating cord, the loading tube being pre-wired with insulated wire.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Adam Dyess, Christopher Brian Sokolove, Ryan Bradley, Julio Cesar Veliz
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Patent number: 11970910Abstract: A system and apparatus for applying and removing weight from a tool string over an installed wireline, including a weight section having a longitudinal slot and a removable closure bar.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Albert Joseph Henke, Ryan Bradley, Dale Langford
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Patent number: 11959367Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a tandem sub to connect one or more perforating gun assemblies, having a rotational bearing mechanism lining the inner diameter in both ends to allow the charge tube assembly to rotate within the gun body.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Bradley, Julio Cesar Veliz
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Patent number: 11933595Abstract: A method and apparatus for igniting a power charge in downhole wellbore using an ignition propellant mixed with a main propellant.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: Ty Edgar Stovall, Jeffrey Wayne Smith, Johnny Covalt, Zachary James Taylor
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Patent number: 11933148Abstract: A shaped charge having a liner with three frustoconical segments and a bottom portion configured to provide consistent perforating holes over a range of distances from the shaped charge.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventor: Shane Matthew Wilson
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Patent number: RE49910Abstract: An apparatus and method for locking a detonating cord against a shaped charge.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventors: William Richard Collins, Debra Christine McDonald, Bradley Dean Schulte