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).

  • 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
  • Box by Pin Perforating Gun System and Methods
    Publication number: 20210189846
    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: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: 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
    Publication number: 20210148198
    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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Andy Lane, Rick Blain
  • Contact plunger cartridge assembly
    Publication number: 20210140282
    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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Andy Lane, Rick Blain
  • Cluster Gun System
    Publication number: 20210115766
    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: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, William R. Collins, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai, Charles Craig, Rick Blain
  • Box by pin perforating gun system and methods
    Patent number: 10975671
    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 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    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: 10900333
    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: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Andy Lane, Rick Blain
  • Cluster Gun System
    Publication number: 20200270974
    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: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, William R. Collins, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley
  • Cluster gun system
    Patent number: 10677026
    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: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, William R. Collins, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai
  • Piston Rod
    Publication number: 20200157902
    Abstract: A setting tool that sets a packer or bridge plug in a wellbore using an improved piston rod design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnny Covalt, Rick Blain, Andy Lane, Joseph Albert Henke, Dale Langford
  • Pressure Bulkhead
    Publication number: 20200063537
    Abstract: A switch assembly adapted for electrically coupling perforating guns and providing improved safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Rick Blain, Faraidoon Pundole, Gene McBride, Joel Sansing
  • Cluster Gun System
    Publication number: 20190353013
    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: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Sokolove, Richard Wayne Bradley, Adam Dyess, William R. Collins, Shane Matthew Wilson, Dale Langford, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hoang Mai
  • Orienting Sub
    Publication number: 20190257158
    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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Richard Wayne Bradley
  • Select Fire Perforating Cartridge System
    Publication number: 20190257181
    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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Andy Lane, Faraidoon Pundole, Joel Sansing
  • Box by Pin Perforating Gun System and Methods
    Publication number: 20190211655
    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: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    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
    Publication number: 20190195054
    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: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: 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: 10273788
    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: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    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
    Publication number: 20180347324
    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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Langford, Andy Lane, Rick Blain
  • Box by Pin Perforating Gun System and Methods
    Publication number: 20170314373
    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: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    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: 20170211363
    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: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Bradley, William Richard Collins, John W. Jordan, Andy Lane, Dale Langford, Charles Levine, Faraidoon Pundole