ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,667, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH (Troisdorf, Germany).
"Ballistically actuated wellbore tool" was invented by Christian Eitschberger (Munich), Thilo Scharf (Letterkenny, Ireland) and Gernot Uwe Burmeister (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ballistically actuated plug (2100) for being deployed in a wellbore casing includes a ballistic housing (2106) and an outer seal housing (2102). The ballistic housing includes a first housing portion including a chamber (2208), and a second housing portion having a noncompressible core. The outer seal housing is circumferentially disposed around the n...