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US 10,982,513 B2Granted
Integrated loading tube
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsAshutosh Gupta, Stephen D'Mello, Andrew Prisbell, Hari Prakash Kalakonda, Rucha Deshmukh
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a loading tube to be used in a perforating gun. The loading tube is capable of securely engaging with shaped charges while maintaining the structural integrity and being made by injection molding.
Claims5
A loading tube to be used in a perforating gun, comprising:
- a first tubular section divided along an axis of the first tubular section into an upper component and a lower component, such that the upper and lower component, when snap-fit together, form the first tubular section, the first tubular section housing a booster for the perforating gun;
- at least one second tubular section divided along an axis of the second tubular section into an upper component and a lower component, such that the upper and lower component, when snap-fit together form the second tubular section and a plurality of cavities to hold shaped charges, the at least one second tubular section connected to the first tubular section when the first tubular section upper and lower components are snap-fit together;
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- a third section connected to the at least one second tubular section when the second tubular section upper and lower components are snap-fit together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.