US Patent Issued to BJ Energy Solutions on Dec. 30 for "Direct drive unit removal system and associated methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,028, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BJ Energy Solutions LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Direct drive unit removal system and associated methods" was invented by Tony Yeung (Houston), Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon (Houston), Joseph Foster (Houston) and Nicholas Tew (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for the removal of a direct drive unit (DDU) housed in an enclosure, such as a direct drive turbine (DDT) connected to a gearbox for driving a driveshaft connected to a pump for use in hydraulic fracturing operations."

The patent was filed on April 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/...