US 11,879,318 B2
Fluid injection systems, apparatus, and methods including flexible hoses for wellhead sites
Steven Post, Fort Worth, TX (US); Peter Middleton, Aledo, TX (US); and Harry Hughes, Beeville, TX (US)
Assigned to FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/246,279.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/053,230, filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018235 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); B67D 7/00 (2010.01); B67D 7/58 (2010.01); F04D 13/04 (2006.01); F16L 27/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/2607 (2020.05) [B67D 7/002 (2013.01); B67D 7/58 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); F04D 13/04 (2013.01); F16L 27/0861 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid injection system for wellhead sites, comprising:
a pump mounted on a trailer, the pump comprising a power end and a fluid end;
a pump manifold;
a flexible hose comprising a first end coupled to the fluid end and a second end coupled to the pump manifold, wherein:
the first end of the flexible hose comprises a first end fitting, and
the second end of the flexible hose comprises a second end fitting; and
a disconnection device coupled to the first end fitting and the fluid end to couple the first end of the flexible hose to the fluid end of the pump,
wherein the pump manifold comprises a manifold block, wherein the manifold block comprises an outer circumferential surface and a recessed outer surface formed in the outer circumferential surface, and wherein the second end fitting of the second end of the flexible hose is coupled to the recessed outer surface.