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US 12,221,275 · App. 17/972,768 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Mobile perforating bank unit and modular storage container

Inventors: Christian Eitschberger (Munich, DE); Liam McNelis (Bonn, DE); Thilo Scharf (Donegal, IE); Gernot Uwe Burmeister (Austin, TX); Dimitri Riesen (Troisdorf, DE)
Assignee: DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH
B65D88/127B65D85/02B65D88/128B65D90/0073B65D2588/12
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Patent No.
US 12,221,275
App. No.
17/972,768
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed embodiments relate to devices and methods for storage and/or transport of tubular structures, such as perforating guns for use in wellbores. Some embodiments relate to modular storage containers, for example which may be height adjustable depending on the length of the tubular structure to be held therein. Some embodiments relate to mobile storage banks, which may be configured for use with the modular storage containers. In some embodiments, the storage bank may further be configured with one or more longitudinal compartments configured to hold used tool strings or portions thereof.

Claims (11)

1. A modular storage container for a plurality of tubular structures, comprising:

a plurality of fixation panels each comprising a plurality of openings therethrough configured for receiving and bounding a portion of each of the plurality of tubular structures;

wherein the plurality of fixation panels are configured to be used together such that corresponding openings of the plurality of openings in each of the fixation panels align to form a plurality of aligned openings configured to retain the tubular structures;

for each fixation panel, each of the openings are surrounded by struts forming a grid of the openings;

each fixation panel of the plurality of fixation panels further comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a fourth sidewall;

the grid of openings is disposed within a perimeter formed by the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the third sidewall, and the fourth sidewall; and

the first sidewall of each fixation panel comprises forklift slots.

2. The modular storage container of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fixation panels are configured to be stacked adjacent each other to form a plurality of pockets configured to hold the tubular structures, and wherein each pocket of the plurality of pockets is configured to hold a single tubular structure.

3. The modular storage container of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment device configured to removably attach the plurality of fixation panels in stacked arrangement.

4. The modular storage container of claim 2 , wherein the modular storage container is height adjustable based on the number of fixation panels which are stacked.

5. The modular storage container of claim 2 , further comprising two end panels each configured to be stacked adjacent a fixation panel and prevent longitudinal movement of the tubular structures within the pockets, wherein the plurality of fixation panels are disposed between the two end panels.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: BURMEISTER, GERNOT UWE
To: DYNAENERGETICS US, INC.
Reel/Frame 061526/0203 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: DYNAENERGETICS US, INC.
To: DYNAENERGETICS EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 061526/0249 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: EITSCHBERGER, CHRISTIAN; MCNELIS, LIAM; SCHARF, THILO; RIESEN, DIMITRI
To: DYNAENERGETICS EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 061526/0291 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63325727 · Mar 31, 2022
Provisional Application 63273626 · Oct 29, 2021
Related Publication 20230138182A1 · May 4, 2023
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