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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Geodynamics, Inc., Millsap, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GEODYNAMICS, INC., Millsap, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/1185 (2006.01); H01H 47/02 (2006.01); F42D 1/05 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/1185 (2013.01); E21B 43/11857 (2013.01); F42D 1/05 (2013.01); H01H 47/02 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for firing a detonator in a chain of switch assemblies includes a step of lowering the chain of switch assemblies into a wellbore; a step of powering-up a switch assembly of the chain of switch assemblies; a step of independently entering through a set of states during which the switch assembly interacts with a downstream switch assembly and determines a status of one or more elements associated with the switch assembly; and a step of firing a detonator electrically connected to the switch assembly or entering a sleeping state.