ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,621, issued on May 12, was assigned to INY LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).
"Hybrid electric transmission for hydraulic fracturing" was invented by Christopher Buckley (Montgomery, Texas), Brian Boguski (Milford, Ohio) and Joseph McFarland (Newaygo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic fracturing system includes a hybrid electric transmission assembly to transfer power from an internal combustion engine to a hydraulic fracturing pump. The transmission assembly includes a first driveshaft coupled to the engine and a second driveshaft coupled to the pump with a primary drivetrain gear assembly coupling the first driveshaft to the...