US Patent Issued to U.S. WELL SERVICES on Sept. 16 for "Segmented fluid end plunger pump" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,304, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to U.S. WELL SERVICES LLC (Houston).

"Segmented fluid end plunger pump" was invented by Brandon Hinderliter (Houston), Lon Robinson (Houston) and Jared Oehring (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid end for a fracturing pump includes a plurality of segments coupled together along a discharge axis, each segment of the plurality of segments having a plurality of suction bores. The fluid end also includes respective interfaces between segment pairs formed by adjacent segments of the plurality of segments, the interfaces coupling the segment pairs together. The fluid end further includes re...