US Patent Issued to Twin Disc on May 26 for "Electrically driven oilfield blender system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,628, issued on May 26, was assigned to Twin Disc Inc. (Racine, Wis.).

"Electrically driven oilfield blender system" was invented by Edwin E. Wilson (Colleyville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically driven oilfield blender system is configured to utilize electric motors as electric prime movers to prepare frac slurry and move the frac slurry to an oilfield pressure pumping system or pressure pumper that pumps the frac slurry into a subterranean formation. Each of the prime mover electric motors may operate at a fixed or constant rated speed and may be connected to a transmission that can drive a device such as a feed p...