Perforating gun and alignment assembly

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view of a perforating gun and alignment assembly showing an embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front, bottom perspective view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left-side elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right-side elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1.

The broken lines consisting of dashes show an environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design of a perforating gun and alignment assembly, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D921858
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 20, 2020
Date of Patent: Jun 8, 2021
Assignee: DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH (Troisdorf)
Inventors: Christian Eitschberger (Munich), Thilo Scharf (Donegal), Gernot Uwe Burmeister (Austin, TX)
Primary Examiner: Amy C Wierenga
Application Number: 29/755,354