ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,478, issued on March 24, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Packing retaining component for a fluid pump" was invented by Justin Poehls (Glen Rose, Texas), David T. Figgs (Fort Worth, Texas), Abraham Canales (Crowley, Texas), Nuder Said (Fort Worth, Texas), Chiawei Steven Su (Arlington, Texas), Daryl Belshan (Weatherford, Texas) and Alireza Atabaie (Keller, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid end of a fluid pump may include a fluid end block with a bore in which a plunger is to reciprocate. The fluid end may include a valve cartridge, configured for insertion into and removal from the bore as a unit, i...