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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2021
Geodynamics, Inc., Millsap, TX (US);
Roger Archibald, Hurst, TX (US);
GEODYNAMICS, INC., Millsap, TX (US);
Abstract
A non-addressable switch device that is part of a chain of switch devices in a gun string, the non-addressable switch device including a first switch configured to make an electrical connection between an electrical line and another non-addressable switch device of the chain of switch devices; a second switch configured to make an electrical connection between a detonator and the electrical line; and a processor Pconnected to the first and second switches and configured to close and open the first and second switches. The processor Pis configured to not use a digital address, and the processor Pis configured to perform one of plural functions based on a corresponding pulse received along the electrical line.