US Patent Issued to SPM Oil & Gas on May 27 for "Optimizing an efficiency of a positive displacement pump with a constant or near-constant speed power source" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,057, issued on May 27, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Optimizing an efficiency of a positive displacement pump with a constant or near-constant speed power source" was invented by Wesley P. Clark (Weatherford, Texas), Todd Ryan Kabrich (Tomball, Texas) and Brandon J. Mabe (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a powertrain for powering a fluid pump may include a power source configured to rotate a first drive shaft at an approximately constant speed. The powertrain may include a mechanical transmission. The mechanical transmission may include one or more gearboxes associated with a ...