US 11,692,545 B2
Suction cover assembly for reciprocating pumps
Jeff Myers, Fort Worth, TX (US); Adalberto Cortes, Fort Worth, TX (US); and Richard David Peer, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/269,492
Filed by SPM Oil & Gas Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/047326
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/041359, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/720,112, filed on Aug. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310484 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. F04B 53/22 (2006.01); F04B 53/16 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 53/22 (2013.01) [F04B 53/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suction cover assembly for a reciprocating pump assembly, said suction cover assembly comprising:
a suction cover having a body that is configured to be held at least partially within an access port of a fluid cylinder of the reciprocating pump assembly, the body of the suction cover comprising a receptacle that includes at least one radial opening that extends through the body, and
a suction cover retainer comprising a plug configured to be at least partially received within the receptacle of the body of the suction cover, the suction cover retainer comprising at least one retention segment configured to be held within the at least one radial opening of the body of the suction cover, wherein the plug is configured to be moved axially between a locked position wherein the at least one retention segment is moved radially to a radially extended position and an unlocked position wherein the at least one retention segment is moved radially to a radially retracted position.