US 12,297,827 B2
Fluid end with clamped retention
Kelcy Jake Foster, Sulphur, OK (US); Micheal Cole Thomas, Azle, TX (US); Christopher Todd Barnett, Stratford, OK (US); Nicholas Son, Davis, OK (US); and John Keith, Ardmore, OK (US)
Assigned to Kerr Machine Co., Sulphur, OK (US)
Filed by Kerr Machine Co., Sulphur, OK (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/734,303.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/508,577, filed on Jun. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/506,222, filed on Jun. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0401588 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. F04B 53/16 (2006.01); F04B 53/22 (2006.01); F16J 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 53/164 (2013.01) [F04B 53/22 (2013.01); F16J 15/26 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid end section, comprising:
a housing having a first longitudinal bore formed therethrough;
a stuffing box having a second longitudinal bore formed therethrough; and
a clamp surrounding at least a portion of the housing and at least a portion of the stuffing box, such that the first longitudinal bore and the second longitudinal bore are aligned and the housing abuts the stuffing box, in which the clamp comprises:
a central section having an inner surface;
a first rim extending from the central section, in which the first rim has a first angled surface extending from the inner surface; and
a second rim extending from the central section, in which the second rim has a second angled surface extending from the inner surface.