US Patent Issued to SPM Oil & Gas on Sept. 15 for "Frac pump and connection assembly for frac pump" (Texas, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,049, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Frac pump and connection assembly for frac pump" was invented by Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, Texas), Mark J. Carls (Seymour, Tenn.), Ralph Harris (Ft Worth, Texas) and John Marquez (Saginaw, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection assembly for a frac pump includes a stay rods extending between a fluid end and a power end to removably connect the fluid end with the power end. The connection assembly also includes a first side plate disposed at a first end and extends between the fluid end and the power end. The first side plate is removably coup...