US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on March 24 for "Keyless nesting diffuser for centrifugal pumps" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,495, issued on March 24, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Keyless nesting diffuser for centrifugal pumps" was invented by Kyle Stephens (Claremore, Okla.) and Brett Williams (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multistage centrifugal pumping systems include a plurality of pump stages contained within a pump housing. Each stage typically includes a stationary diffuser and a rotatable impeller. Each of the diffusers includes a projection and a receiver that cooperate with the corresponding projection and receiver on adjacent diffusers to form a nested relationship between the diffusers that prevents ...