US Patent Issued to CHAMPIONX on Aug. 25 for "Downhole centrifugal pumps including axial support features and related components and methods" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,426, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CHAMPIONX LLC (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Downhole centrifugal pumps including axial support features and related components and methods" was invented by Emily Rose (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal pump may include a housing, a plurality of diffusers fixedly coupled to the housing, and a plurality of impellers alternatingly interspersed between the plurality of diffusers. The centrifugal pump may additionally include a bearing support fixedly coupled to the housing, the bearing support comprising a central opening having a shoulder in a lower portion of the central opening. ...