ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,710, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, Okla.).
"Fluid routing plug" was invented by Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, Texas), Christopher Todd Barnett (Stratford, Okla.), Kelcy Jake Foster (Sulphur, Okla.), Nicholas Son (Davis, Okla.), John Keith (Ardmore, Okla.) and Mark S. Nowell (Ardmore, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid routing plug for use with a fluid end section. The fluid end section being one of a plurality of fluid end sections making up a fluid end side of a high pressure pump. The fluid routing plug is installed within a horizontal bore formed in a fluid end section and is configured to ro...