ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,403, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Multi-part sealing assembly" was invented by Vadim Kachkovskiy (Spring Mills, Pa.), Konner Casey Kay (Broken Arrow, Okla.) and Adam Bradley Avey (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing assembly for a fluid end of a reciprocating pump is installable within a segment of a casing of the fluid end and is arranged to form a seal with the segment. The sealing assembly includes a closure element and a seal element. The closure element has a sealing portion with a lateral surface that faces an interior wall of the segment of the fluid end. The seal...