US Patent Issued to Kerr Machine on May 20 for "Modular crankshaft" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,705, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, Okla.).

"Modular crankshaft" was invented by Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, Texas), Christopher Todd Barnett (Stratford, Okla.), Kelcy Jake Foster (Sulphur, Okla.), Nicholas Son (Davis, Okla.) and John Keith (Ardmore, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular crankshaft configured for use within a power end assembly. The modular crankshaft is configured to interconnect a drive shaft and a plurality of linear drive assemblies. The various embodiments of modular crankshafts disclosed herein are assembled by interconnecting a plurality of individual main bearing journals...