US Patent Issued to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS on March 24 for "Valve component" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,479, issued on March 24, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Valve component" was invented by Troy Edward Wiegand (Fort Worth, Texas) and John Chase (Deer Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve component utilized in a fluid end assembly of a reciprocating pump may contain a multi-piece construction. The valve component may include a valve body portion, a leg assembly portion, a sealing element, and an insert at least partially captured between the valve body portion and the leg assembly portion. The insert may be constructed from a carbide or a ceramic material, and, when the valve component is fully ...