US Patent Issued to Universal Pressure Pumping on May 12 for "Apparatus and methods for interlocking hydraulic fracturing equipment" (Texas, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,623, issued on May 12, was assigned to Universal Pressure Pumping Inc. (Houston).

"Apparatus and methods for interlocking hydraulic fracturing equipment" was invented by Michael Raymond Cicci (Houston) and Michael Patrick Sowko (Rostraver Township, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for interconnecting components of a hydraulic fracturing system using flexible hose or pipe. The flexible hose or pipe can form a singular flow line which interconnects, for example, a pump and a manifold of the hydraulic fracturing system. Each end of the flexible hose or pipe can be tethered (using a safety restraint) to another component of the...