US Patent Issued to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS on Sept. 23 for "Variable diameter valve bores for thru rod fluid ends" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,950, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GD ENERGY PRODUCTS LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Variable diameter valve bores for thru rod fluid ends" was invented by Konner Casey Kay (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Adam Bradley Avey (Tulsa, Okla.) and Christopher Calvin Call (Broken Arrow, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relationship between tie rods and a valve seat bore in a fluid end. The profile of the valve seat bores are changed to allow the tie rods to pass through the fluid end without intersecting or intercepting the internal bore geometry, while still being compatible with industry standard internal components. A relationship between a pl...