US Patent Issued to Kerr Machine on April 15 for "Fracturing pump arrangement using a plunger with an internal fluid passage" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,270, issued on April 15, was assigned to Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, Okla.).

"Fracturing pump arrangement using a plunger with an internal fluid passage" was invented by Mark S. Nowell (Ardmore, Okla.), Kelcy Jake Foster (Ardmore, Okla.), Micheal Cole Thomas (Ardmore, Okla.), Christopher Todd Barnett (Stratford, Okla.), Guy J. Lapointe (Sulphur, Okla.) and Brandon Scott Ayres (Ardmore, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid end for use with a power end. The fluid end comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned adjacent one another. Each section includes a single horizontally positioned bore. A plunger is installed with...