US Patent Issued on Dec. 16 for "Method for removal of valve seats within fluid end assembly" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,666, issued on Dec. 16.

"Method for removal of valve seats within fluid end assembly" was invented by Bobby Lee Koricanek (Yorktown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for removing/installing both the upper and lower valve seat in a fluid end for a high-pressure pump with a plurality of horizontal plunger bores and an equal amount of vertical suction bores. Vertical suction bore contains a valve seat below the plunger bore and a valve seat above the plunger bore. The lower valve seat can pass through the upper valve seat pocket and be removed from fluid end via plunger bore opening."

The patent was filed on M...