US Patent Issued to Kerr Machine on Aug. 18 for "Fluid end assembly" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,039, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, Okla.).

"Fluid end assembly" was invented by Christopher Todd Barnett (Stratford, Okla.), Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, Texas), Nicholas Son (Davis, Okla.), John Keith (Ardmore, Okla.) and Kelcy Jake Foster (Sulphur, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid end assembly having a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section has a housing made of multiple-piece construction. One or more pieces of the housing are configured to have a plurality of stay rods attached thereto. The stay rods interconnect the fluid end ass...