ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,660, issued on July 15, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Linear FRAC pump drive system safety deflector" was invented by Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, Texas), John McCrady (Burleson, Texas) and Joe Allen Sutton (Weatherford, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear pump includes a centrally-disposed drive system and a plunger having a center portion coupled to the drive system, and first and second fluid ends disposed at the first and second ends of the plunger. The pump further includes first and second packing seals each being disposed about the plunger to isolate fluids within the respective first and seco...