ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,489, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Vulcan Industrial Holdings LLC (Houston).
"Packing bore wear sleeve retainer system" was invented by Kyle Matthew Ellisor (Katy, Texas), Akhil Alex (Houston), Benjamin Scott Berryhill (Houston), Chance Ray Mullins (Spring, Texas), Steven Zachary Newberg (Houston) and Chris Leake (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid end includes a housing having a bore extending toward a cavity and a wear sleeve positioned within the bore. The fluid end also includes a plunger positioned within a plunger bore extending through the wear sleeve, the plunger reciprocating within the plunger bore. The flu...