ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,185, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cactus Wellhead LLC (Houston).
"Low maintenance fluid valve systems and methods" was invented by Imoukhuede Odion Dibua (Houston) and Bruno Oliveira de Freitas (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides techniques for improving operational efficiency of a well system that includes a fluid valve, which facilitates controlling supply of fracturing fluid. The fluid valve includes a valve body, which defines a valve bore, a gate cavity, and a seat pocket; a gate disposed within the gate cavity; a seat disposed within the seat pocket such that the seat abuts the ga...