ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,480, issued on March 24, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Reciprocating pump with fluid end" was invented by Konner Casey Kay (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Adam Bradley Avey (Tulsa, Okla.), Vadim Kachkovskiy (Spring Mills, Pa.) and Jacob Gregory Garrison (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid end includes a housing having a bore configured to receive a closure element, the bore extending through the housing along an axis and including a wall comprising first threads and a retainer configured to be positioned in the bore of the housing. The retainer includes second threads configured to engage with the f...