ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,005, issued on June 23, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Power end of reciprocating pump" was invented by Laramie Rose Smith (Owasso, Okla.), Adam Bradley Avey (Tulsa, Okla.), Timo Waldhoer (Tahlequah, 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 first ring, a second ring, and a plurality of connections extending between the first ring and the second ring. The first ring, the second ring, and the plurality of connections are integral with one another, and the plurality of connections includes a plurality of struts that f...