US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 22 for "Minimizing drivetrain damage from bad discharge valves on positive displacement pumps" (Oklahoma, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,243, issued on July 22, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Minimizing drivetrain damage from bad discharge valves on positive displacement pumps" was invented by Stanley Vernon Stephenson (Duncan, Okla.) and David Rand Hill (Zanesville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pumping system, comprising: a pump fluid end comprising a plurality of pump chambers, each pump chamber comprising a bore having a reciprocatable plunger disposed therein, a suction valve, and a discharge valve; a prime mover mechanically coupled to the fluid end [by a drivetrain] and configured to reciprocate the plungers; and a controll...