ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,849, issued on March 25, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Arrangement for supporting crankshaft bearings in hydraulic fracturing pump" was invented by Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, Texas), Johnny Eric DeLeon II (Arlington, Texas), Jeffrey Haiderer (Fort Worth, Texas) and Chih Hau Chen (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for supporting one or more bearings of a crankshaft assembly of a hydraulic fracturing pump includes a frame and one or more bearing supports. The frame is of a first material and defines one or more bearing support profiles. The bearing supports are of a second material di...