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US 2005/0229805 A1Published application
Connector for perforating gun tandem
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsWilliam Myers, Edgar Van Sickle, Kristian Vargervik
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Abstract
A perforating gun connector comprising a first and second section connected together on one end. The two sections of the perforating gun connector that couple together are correspondingly tapered so that one end of one connector is tapered and fits into the corresponding tapered hollowed section of one end of the other section. The present invention also provides for the inclusion of shaped charges and booster charges within. Adjacent the charges are sealing bulkheads.
Claims17
A connector comprising:
- a first section having a top ends, a bottom end, and a bore formed therein terminating by a bulkhead at the bottom end, wherein a connector is provided on said top end;
- a second section having an upper end, and a bore formed therein terminating by a bulkhead at the upper end, wherein said bottom end of said first section is formed for fixed engagement with said upper end of said second section;
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- an explosive charge proximate to the bulkhead.
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A method of transferring an explosive charge between sections of a connector comprising:
- threadingly engaging a first section to a second section with a pipe handling device wherein each of said sections comprises a bulkhead adjacent the threaded engagement;
- providing a charge within each of said units;
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- initiating one of said charges thereby piercing each of said bulkheads and initiating the other said charge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.