US Patent Issued to Hunting Titan on Oct. 7 for "Tandem sub for self-orienting perforating system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,605, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hunting Titan Inc. (Pampa, Texas).

"Tandem sub for self-orienting perforating system" was invented by Ryan Bradley (Pampa, Texas) and Julio Cesar Veliz (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for using a tandem sub to connect one or more perforating gun assemblies using a rotational bearing mechanism contained within a sleeve lining the inner diameter in both ends to allow the charge tube assembly to rotate within the gun body and protect the tandem sub from damage when firing the shaped charges."

The patent was filed on Aug. 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/816,8...