ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,346, issued on April 14, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Fluid end of reciprocating pump" was invented by Adam Eugene Mayes (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a fluid end of a reciprocating pump, the fluid end having a main body and a flange extending from the main body, includes positioning a cutting tool between a distal surface of the flange and the main body of the fluid end so that the cutting tool can form an access area in the flange, forming, with the cutting tool, a first arcuate cutout of the access area, and forming, with the cutting tool, a second arcuate cutout...