US 12,000,257 B2
Fluid end
Kelcy Jake Foster, Sulphur, OK (US); Micheal Cole Thomas, Ardmore, OK (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 Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/488,435.
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.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/422,637, filed on Nov. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/416,644, filed on Oct. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0125222 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F04B 53/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); F04B 53/22 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/2607 (2020.05) [F04B 53/164 (2013.01); F04B 53/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid end section, comprising:
a housing having a longitudinal axis and opposed front and rear surfaces joined by an outer intermediate surface, the housing comprising a first section joined to a second section by a first plurality of fasteners, in which the first section comprises the front surface and the second section comprises the rear surface;
a horizontal bore formed within the housing and interconnecting the front and rear surfaces, the horizontal bore extending along the longitudinal axis of the housing and configured to receive a fluid routing plug; and
a stuffing box attached to the second section of the housing by a second plurality of fasteners;
in which an end of each of the first plurality of fasteners faces an end of each of the second plurality of fasteners.