ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,388, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The GasGun LLC (Houston).
"Propellant container for a perforating gun" was invented by Adam C. Schmidt (Bend, Ore.), Jaia D. Schmidt (Happy Valley, Ore.) and Richard A. Schmidt (West Linn, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propellant container for a perforating gun includes a lower cap, one or more pieces of propellant positioned within the lower cap, wherein at least one of the one or more pieces of propellant defines one or more through-holes, and an upper cap matable with the lower cap to secure the one or more pieces of propellant within the lower cap. A filler material is present withi...