Patent ID: 9581422
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: E21B,F42C

Claim:
1. A wireless detonator assembly configured for being electrically contactably received within a perforating gun assembly without using a wired electrical connection, comprising: a shell configured for housing components of the detonator assembly; more than one electrical contact component, wherein at least one of the electrical contact components extends from the shell and further wherein the electrical contact component comprises an electrically contactable line-in portion, an electrically contactable line-out portion and an electrically contactable ground portion, the ground portion in combination with the line-in portion and the line-out portion being configured to replace the wired electrical connection to complete an electrical connection merely by contact; an insulator positioned between the line-in portion and the line-out portion, wherein the insulator electrically isolates the line-in portion from the line-out portion; and means for selective detonation housed within the shell, wherein the detonator assembly is configured for electrically contactably forming the electrical connection merely by the contact.