US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 3 for "Electrical contact for perforating gun assembly" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,203, issued on June 3, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Electrical contact for perforating gun assembly" was invented by Courtney Ann Thain Roberts (Alvarado, Texas), Kevin Cook (Alvarado, Texas), Cynthia Anne Kane (Alvarado, Texas) and Wesley N. Ludwig (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to an electrical contact that includes a contact plate, a support plate, and three or more bends disposed between the contact plate and the support plate to counteract a force applied to the contact plate when engaged by a contact pin, where the electrical contact is config...