ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,528, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Method and system for heavy-duty pump cartridge removal" was invented by Zamig Namazov (Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia) and Bandar Alhazmi (Tanajib, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of removing a pump cartridge from a centrifugal pump includes arranging a removal plate about the pump cartridge and abutting the removal plate against a casing of the centrifugal pump, inserting a plurality of threaded rods through a plurality of fastener apertures defined in the removal plate and into a plurality of threaded holes in the pump cartri...