US Patent Issued to Kerr Machine on May 6 for "High pressure pump" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,040, issued on May 6, was assigned to Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, Okla.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high pressure pump. The pump comprises a fluid end assembly supported on a power end assembly. The power end assembly is modular and held together by a first set of stay rods. The fluid end assembly comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section comprises a ho...