Patents Assigned to Hunting Titan, Inc.
  • Integrated Coaxial Perforating Acidizing Operation
    Publication number: 20220090479
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for acidizing and perforating simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Chenghua Han, Ryan Rowell, Scott Thiessen, Joseph Hitt
  • Contact plunger cartridge assembly
    Patent number: 11283207
    Abstract: An electrical connector apparatus for use in a downhole tool comprising a housing, a contact screw within outer threads and inner threads, a contact plunger within the inner bore of the housing and a second cylinder protruding from the first cylinder. The contact spring is located between the contact plunger and the contact screw and pre-loads the contact plunger within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Andy Lane, Rick Blain
  • Pressure activated selective perforating switch support
    Patent number: 11274531
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for restraining a firing pin using a bushing for use in a downhole switch that is armed using the explosive energy of a previously detonated shaped charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel Sansing
  • Cluster gun system
    Patent number: 11274529
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator in a shaped charge cluster assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai, Charles Craig, Rick Blain
  • Autonomous tool
    Patent number: 11274546
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for determining the location of a tool traveling down a wellbore by measuring a first borehole magnetic anomaly with respect to time at two known locations on a tool, comparing the time difference between the two measurements, then calculating the velocity of the tool based on the comparison, then further calculating the distance traveled by the tool in the wellbore based on the velocity calculation, then executing a series of commands at a predetermined location in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene McBride, Garrett M. Hohmann, David Dobsky, Faraidoon Pundole
  • Crimped attachment of end fitting to charge tube
    Patent number: 11261711
    Abstract: A charge tube for shaped charges into a perforating gun having a hollow cylindrical body with a first end and a second end, one or more cutouts adapted to fit a shaped charge, one or more apex cutouts, located 180 degrees about the center axis of the hollow cylindrical body from the at least one or more cutouts, adapted to fit the apex end of a shaped charge, and at least one set of parallel, partially circumferential, slot cuts proximate to the first end of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventor: Andy Lane
  • Box by Pin Perforating Gun System and Methods
    Publication number: 20220034206
    Abstract: A method and system for a perforating gun having a box by pin perforating gun system using swaged down gun bodies. The box by pin perforating gun system may include a removable cartridge to hold a detonator with a switch and an insulated charge holder as an electrical feed-through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, William Richard Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole
  • Directly Initiated Addressable Power Charge
    Publication number: 20220025743
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Montoya Ashton, Richard Wayne Bradley, Christopher Brian Sokolove, Isaiah Acevedo, Johnny Covalt
  • Modular Gun System
    Publication number: 20220010660
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for inserting a detonator into a door on an end fitting and closing the door into a recess of the end fitting, enabling a quick wireless install of a detonator and resulting in a side-by-side arrangement between the detonator and the detonating cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Dyess, Christopher Brian Sokolove, Ryan Bradley, Julio Cesar Veliz
  • Shaped charge retaining device
    Patent number: 11199076
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for connecting a shaped charge retainer to a shaped charge and connecting that to a charged tube in a perforating gun for use downhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Collins, Shane Matthew Wilson
  • Cluster Gun System
    Publication number: 20210372239
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator in a shaped charge cluster assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai, Charles Craig, Rick Blain
  • Crimped Attachment of End Fitting to Charge Tube
    Publication number: 20210355795
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for crimping a charge tube adapted to carry shaped charges to an end fitting for loading shaped charges into a perforating gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventor: Andy Lane
  • Cluster Gun System
    Publication number: 20210355794
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator in a shaped charge cluster assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, William R. Collins, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley
  • Detonation transfer system
    Patent number: 11156067
    Abstract: A gun to gun transfer delay fuse that includes a delay housing, a first cylindrical cavity housing a firing pin and igniter, and a second cylindrical cavity housing a delay fuse with a centralizer feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Albert Henke, Johnny Covalt
  • Differential Velocity Sensor
    Publication number: 20210324733
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for determining the location of a tool traveling down a wellbore by measuring a first borehole magnetic anomaly with respect to time at two known locations on a tool, comparing the time difference between the two measurements, then calculating the velocity of the tool based on the comparison and then further calculating the distance traveled by the tool in the wellbore based on the velocity calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventor: Gene McBride
  • Directly Initiated Addressable Power Charge
    Publication number: 20210324714
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Montoya Ashton, Richard Wayne Bradley, Christopher Brian Sokolove, Isaiah Acevedo, Johnny Covalt
  • Pressure Activated Selective Perforating Switch Support
    Publication number: 20210310340
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for restraining a firing pin using a bushing for use in a downhole switch that is armed using the explosive energy of a previously detonated shaped charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel Sansing
  • Electronic releasing mechanism
    Patent number: 11136866
    Abstract: A releasable tool using an electronic motor to drive a differential to engage or release a quick change sub that may be coupled to additional downhole tools, such as a perforating gun string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Holodnak, Garrett M. Hohmann, Santos D. Ortiz, Gene McBride, Sridhar Rajaram, George King
  • Compact Setting Tool
    Publication number: 20210285299
    Abstract: A compact setting tool that sets a packer or bridge plug in a wellbore and then self bleeds the gas pressure prior to pulling the string out of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnny Covalt, Joseph Albert Henke, Roger Griffin
  • Pressure bulkhead
    Patent number: 11118436
    Abstract: A switch assembly adapted for electrically coupling perforating guns and providing improved safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Rick Blain, Faraidoon Pundole, Gene McBride, Joel Sansing