US Patent Issued to XConnect on March 25 for "Igniter for a setting tool for a perforating gun assembly" (North Dakota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,844, issued on March 25, was assigned to XConnect LLC (Denver).

"Igniter for a setting tool for a perforating gun assembly" was invented by Shelby L. Sullivan (Minot, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An initiator system for actuating a wellbore setting tool for a plug or a packer. The initiator system includes a firing head that comprises a tubular body defining a bore, wherein the bore has an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber. A tubular bulkhead that resides within the bore of the firing head. The initiator system further includes a signal pin that has an elongated shaft residing within the tubular bulkhead. The initiato...