Patents by Inventor Dale Langford

Dale Langford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Over-the-line modular weight bar
    Patent number: 11970910
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Joseph Henke, Ryan Bradley, Dale Langford
  • Contact plunger cartridge assembly
    Patent number: 11929570
    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 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Andy Lane, Rick Blain
  • Box by pin perforating gun system
    Patent number: 11674369
    Abstract: A box by pin perforating gun system using swaged down gun bodies, a removable cartridge to hold a detonator and switch, and an insulated charge holder as an electrical feed-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, William Richard Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole
  • OVER-THE-LINE MODULAR WEIGHT BAR
    Publication number: 20230132716
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Joseph Henke, Ryan Bradley, Dale Langford
  • Cluster Gun System
    Publication number: 20230035484
    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: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Bradley, Richard Bradley, Charles Craig, Rick Blain, Christopher Sokolove, Adam Dyess, William Collins, Shane Wilson, Dale Langford, Jason Mai
  • Select fire perforating cartridge system
    Patent number: 11519247
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a tandem sub between two perforating guns where an EB fire pressure switch arms a detonator after the detonation of a first perforating gun and then a subsequent electrical signal can then detonate the second perforating gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Andy Lane, Faraidoon Pundole, Joel Sansing
  • Box by Pin Perforating Gun System
    Publication number: 20220372849
    Abstract: A box by pin perforating gun system using swaged down gun bodies, a removable cartridge to hold a detonator and switch, and an insulated charge holder as an electrical feed-through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, WIlliam Richard Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole
  • Box by Pin Perforating Gun System and Methods
    Publication number: 20220372850
    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: July 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, William Richard Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole
  • Orienting sub
    Patent number: 11492854
    Abstract: An orienting system for precisely aligning downhole tools with respect to each other, such as perforating guns, exploration tools, or other completions tools. The orienting system provides for orienting a first tool with respect to a second tool in a predetermined number of degrees of rotation, and then locking down the combination for use downhole in that configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Richard Wayne Bradley
  • Cluster Gun System
    Publication number: 20220349278
    Abstract: 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, 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai
  • Box by pin perforating gun system
    Patent number: 11448043
    Abstract: A box by pin perforating gun system using swaged down gun bodies, a removable cartridge to hold a detonator and switch, and an insulated charge holder as an electrical feed-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, William R. Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole
  • Box by pin perforating gun system and methods
    Patent number: 11428081
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, William Richard Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole
  • Cluster gun system
    Patent number: 11414964
    Abstract: 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, 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai
  • Cluster gun system
    Patent number: 11346191
    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: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley
  • Box by pin perforating gun system and methods
    Patent number: 11299967
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, William Richard Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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