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US 12,546,309 B2Granted
Stemmed orifice component
AssigneeSPM Oil & Gas Inc.
InventorsAlbert Rubalcava, Jeffrey Haiderer, John S. Marquez, Chandu Kumar
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Abstract
An orifice component for a lubrication system may include an orifice head having an outlet orifice and one or more inlet passageways in fluid communication with the outlet orifice. The orifice component may include an orifice stem extending from the orifice head. The orifice stem may have a solid structure.
Claims20
A power end of a fluid pump, comprising:
- a power end frame having a nose plate;
- a crankshaft and one or more bearings for the crankshaft connected at an interior of the power end frame;
- a lubrication manifold defined in the power end frame,
- the lubrication manifold comprising a main lubrication channel and a branch lubrication channel that branches from the main lubrication channel, and
- the branch lubrication channel having a first end that opens through the nose plate and a second end in fluid communication with the one or more bearings;
- and
- an orifice component disposed in the branch lubrication channel, the orifice component comprising:
- an orifice head having an outlet orifice and one or more inlet passageways in fluid communication with the outlet orifice;
- and
- an orifice stem extending from the orifice head toward the first end of the branch lubrication channel.
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A lubrication system, comprising:
- a lubrication manifold comprising a main lubrication channel and a branch lubrication channel that branches from the main lubrication channel,
- wherein the branch lubrication channel has a first section between a first end of the branch lubrication channel and the main lubrication channel, and a second section between the main lubrication channel and a second end of the branch lubrication channel;
- and
- an orifice component disposed in the branch lubrication channel, the orifice component comprising:
- an orifice head having an outlet orifice and one or more inlet passageways in fluid communication with the outlet orifice,
- wherein the one or more inlet passageways are positioned in the main lubrication channel;
- and
- an orifice stem extending from the orifice head.
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A lubrication system, comprising:
- a lubrication manifold comprising a main lubrication channel and a branch lubrication channel that branches from the main lubrication channel,
- wherein the branch lubrication channel has a first section between a first end of the branch lubrication channel and the main lubrication channel, and a second section between the main lubrication channel and a second end of the branch lubrication channel;
- and
- an orifice component disposed in the branch lubrication channel and extending across the main lubrication channel from the first section of the branch lubrication channel to the second section of the branch lubrication channel, the orifice component comprising:
- an orifice head having an outlet orifice and one or more inlet passageways in fluid communication with the outlet orifice;
- and
- an orifice stem extending from the orifice head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.