US Patent Issued to SPM Oil & Gas on July 29 for "Multiple-valve system for a fluid pump" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,078, issued on July 29, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Multiple-valve system for a fluid pump" was invented by Daryl Belshan (Weatherford, Texas), Ralph Harris (Fort Worth, Texas), David T. Figgs (Fort Worth, Texas) and Justin Poehls (Glen Rose, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pump may include a fluid chamber, a plunger configured to reciprocate within the fluid chamber, and a valve system including multiple valves. The multiple valves each may be configured to control fluid flow into the fluid chamber or each may be configured to control fluid flow out from the fluid chamber."

The patent was f...