ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,289, issued on April 21, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Power end of reciprocating pump" was invented by Joshua Andrew Musto (Tulsa, Okla.) and Randall Turner Hall Jr. (Claremore, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power end frame of a reciprocating pump includes a plate and a ring configured to couple to the plate in an assembled configuration of the power end frame. The ring and the plate cooperatively define a compartment of an interior of the power end frame configured to enclose a crankshaft of the reciprocating pump, the ring includes a base surface and a flange extending from the base surface such...