US Patent Issued to Daniel J. Snyder on Feb. 17 for "Sand collector for electric submersible pump" (California, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,328, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Daniel J. Snyder (Edmond, Okla.).

"Sand collector for electric submersible pump" was invented by Daniel J. Snyder (Edmond, Okla.) and Jeremy J. Snyder (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sand collector includes a housing and an insert. The insert has a sleeve concentrically disposed in the housing to form an annulus. An upper end of the sleeve is connected to an upper end of the housing so an upper end of the annulus is closed. A lower end of the sleeve is closed to form a collection chamber, and a lower end of the sleeve is spaced from the lower end of the housing so a gap is f...