US Patent Issued to TRC Services on Sept. 9 for "Equalizer bearing assembly having wedged retainers" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,785, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TRC Services Inc. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Equalizer bearing assembly having wedged retainers" was invented by Darius J. Yakimchuk (St Albert, Canada) and Robert G. McDonald (Argyle, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is used to connect an equalizer bar to a walking beam of a reciprocating pump unit. The walking beam has a bearing shaft having cylindrical ends. Brackets attached to the equalizer bar define slots, each having a hooked section and having a base section. The hooked sections are configured to rest against the cylindrical ends of the bearing shaft. The base sections o...