Joseph B Edone

US Patent:

20020185275, Dec 12, 2002

Filed:

Apr 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/133755

Inventors:

Wenbo Yang - Sugar Land TX, US
Alfredo Fayard - Sugar Land TX, US
Robert Parrott - Houston TX, US
Klaus Huber - Sugar Land TX, US
Jeffrey Meisenhelder - Anchorage AK, US
A. Edwards - Hockley TX, US
Steven Henderson - Katy TX, US
Joseph Edone - Paso Robles CA, US
Manuel Gonzalez - Sugar Land TX, US

International Classification:

E21B043/119

US Classification:

166/297000, 166/055100, 166/050000

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus and method of orienting perforating gun strings. One embodiment of the present invention provides an orienting weight provided in a portion of the perforating device, such as the shaped charge, the loading tube or the gun housing. Additional weight may be provided as separate components and attached to the gun components.