US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Feb. 3 for "Hoop stress reducer in perforating guns" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,532, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Hoop stress reducer in perforating guns" was invented by Christopher C. Hoelscher (Alvarado, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a perforating gun that includes a gun body, a charge tube disposed within the gun body, a plurality of charge cases disposed within the charge tube, and a sacrificial fill material disposed within at least a substantial portion of an inner cavity of the charge tube."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/371,285.

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