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Perforating gun assembly

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  • Patent Grant
  • D1028181
  • Patent Number
    D1,028,181
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, November 12, 2020
    3 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 21, 2024
    28 days ago
  • Inventors
  • Original Assignees
    • DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH
  • Examiners
    • Rivard; Jennifer
    • Fiencke; Jonathan E
    Agents
    • Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D23 202
    • D23 206-208
    • D23 209
    • D23 213
    • D23 223
    • D23 259-260
    • D23 262-266
    • D23 269
    • D23 301
    • D23 303
    • D08 352
    • D08 382
    • D08 386-388
    • D08 393
    • D08 396-399
    • CPC
    • E21B43/11857
    • E21B43/116
    • E21B43/1185
    • E21B43/117
    • F42D1/05
    • F42D1/06
  • International Classifications
    • 2304
    • Term of Grant
      15Years
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Abstract
Description


FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view of a perforating gun assembly showing an embodiment of our new design;



FIG. 2 is a left-side elevated view of the perforating gun assembly of FIG. 1;



FIG. 3 is a right-side elevated view of the perforating gun assembly of FIG. 1;



FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the perforating gun assembly of FIG. 1;



FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the perforating gun assembly of FIG. 1;



FIG. 6 is a front elevated view of the perforating gun assembly of FIG. 1;



FIG. 7 is a rear elevated view of the perforating gun assembly of FIG. 1; and,



FIG. 8 is a cross-section view of the perforating gun assembly taken along line 8-8 of FIG. 6 while in a usage state.


The broken lines consisting of dashes show an environment that forms no part of the claimed design. The broken lines consisting of a double-dot/dash pattern show a boundary of the claimed design.


Claims
  • We claim the ornamental design of a perforating gun assembly, as shown and described.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
Number Date Country
Parent PCT/EP2020/058241 Mar 2020 US
Child 29758075 US