Patents by Inventor Kevin Alan Gillingham

Kevin Alan Gillingham 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).

  • Patent number: 6439121
    Abstract: A tubular charge holder assembly for a perforating gun made of a tube having a plurality of pairs of diametrically opposed openings. The pairs of openings are formed over a length of the tube, wherein the each pair has a larger and a smaller opening. A shaped charge is located within the pairs of openings in the tubular charge holder so that at least a portion of the rim of a front face of the shaped charge extends out of the larger opening and at least a portion of a rear face of the shaped charge extends out from the smaller opening of the tube. A detonating cord is helically wrapped around the outside surface of the tube such that the detonating cord is positioned so that the cord is proximate to the rear surface of each of the shaped charges installed within the tube. A substantially semi-circular clip is positioned on the outside surface of the tube proximate each of the shaped charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Alan Gillingham