ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,341, issued on March 4, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Detonation module" was invented by Indranil Ghosh (Shanghai), Anjali Vijay Dhobale (Houston), Richard Lee Warns (Sugar Land, Texas), Juan Carlos Luna Diaz (Rosharon, Texas), Andreas Hendrawinata (Missouri City, Texas), Tommy Nguyen (Pearland, Texas) and Sonia Ried James (Friendswood, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detonation module for a perforation tool includes a detonator, a switch circuit disposed in a fluid-sealed housing and electrically coupled to the detonator, a shielding circuit coupled to the switch circuit, an annular elect...