US Patent Issued to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS on Oct. 21 for "Valve seat assembly" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,041, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Valve seat assembly" was invented by Pankaj Harmanbhai Patel (Fort Worth, Texas), Jason Lee Mayo (West Odessa, Texas) and Gregory Vincent Protz (Midland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve seat assembly utilized in a fluid end assembly of a reciprocating pump may contain a strike ring and a support sleeve. The support sleeve and the strike ring are disposed in a bore in a fluid end casing with the strike ring engaging the support sleeve. The fluid end assembly includes a fluid end housing with several bores."

The patent was filed on June 24, 20...