US Patent Issued to GD Energy Products on Feb. 3 for "Pump frame with multiple tie rod bolt patterns" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,615, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GD Energy Products LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Pump frame with multiple tie rod bolt patterns" was invented by Timo Waldhoer (Tahlequah, Okla.) and Randall Turner Hall Jr. (Claremore, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mounting a fluid end to a power end of a reciprocating pump involves the use of couplers, such as tie rods. A pump frame is structured so that multiple fluid end tie rod patterns can be machined into the nose plate of the power end of the pump. In one embodiment, not all patterns need to exist at the same time, and additional tie rod patterns can be added at a later time for retrofit to...