ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,648, issued on April 22, was assigned to YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Yantai, China).

"Fracturing equipment" was invented by Sheng Chang (Yantai, China), Liang Lv (Yantai, China), Shuzhen Cui (Yantai, China), Chunqiang Lan (Yantai, China), Jian Zhang (Yantai, China), Xiaolei Ji (Yantai, China), Huaizhi Zhang (Yantai, China) and Ruijie Du (Yantai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fracturing equipment includes: a plunger pump, a main motor and a noise reduction device. The plunger pump is used for pressurizing liquid. The main motor is connected to the plunger pump by transmission for providing driving f...