US 12,359,738 B2
Fiber reinforced valve seal
Troy Edward Wiegand, Fort Worth, TX (US); Pankaj H. Patel, Fort Worth, TX (US); and John Chase, Deer Park, TX (US)
Assigned to GD Energy Products, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by GD Energy Products, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,802.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/346,023, filed on May 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0383859 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 25/00 (2006.01); F04B 1/0461 (2020.01); F04B 1/0538 (2020.01); F04B 53/10 (2006.01); F16K 15/06 (2006.01); F16K 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 25/005 (2013.01) [F04B 1/0461 (2013.01); F04B 1/0538 (2013.01); F04B 53/1025 (2013.01); F16K 15/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve component for a reciprocating pump, the valve component comprising:
a body comprising a base portion defining a recess; and
a fiber reinforced sealing element configured to be positioned within the recess to form a valve sealing surface with the body, wherein the fiber reinforced sealing element comprises a plurality of fabric panel layers stacked against one another, the plurality of fabric panel layers extending between a first surface that abuts the base portion of the body and a second surface, opposite the first surface, that forms at least a portion of the valve sealing surface, wherein the plurality of fabric panel layers are each infused with elastomeric material.