US Patent Issued to SPM Oil & Gas on Sept. 15 for "Controlling suction valves of a fluid pump" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,045, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Controlling suction valves of a fluid pump" was invented by Daryl Belshan (Weatherford, Texas), Wesley P. Clark (Weatherford, Texas), Ralph Harris (Fort Worth, Texas) and Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller may monitor an operating parameter relating to at least one of a fluid pump or a prime mover for the fluid pump. The fluid pump may be configured to discharge fluid during a plurality of discharge cycles. The fluid pump may have a suction valve configured to close during the plurality of discharge cycles. The ...