ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,503, issued on March 24.

"Side load control of long stroke systems" was invented by Alexis Arteaga (Bogota, Colombia) and Andres Esteban Dostal (Bogota, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments presented provide for an arrangement used in long stroke mechanical systems. In embodiments, the arrangement provides side load control of forces exerted on the long stroke systems due to operation. Such embodiments may be used in hydrocarbon recovery operations."

The patent was filed on June 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/213,217.

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