ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,551, issued on July 8, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Detonating cord depth locating feature" was invented by Courtney Ann Thain Roberts (Alvarado, Texas), Kevin Cook (Alvarado, Texas) and Cynthia Anne Kane (Alvarado, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detonator housing facilitates assembly of detonator components of a perforating gun. In an example, the detonator housing comprises a housing body configured for coupling to a charge tube of a perforating gun. A detonator receptacle is formed on the housing body for receiving a detonator. A detonating cord receptacle is formed on the housing body adjace...