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`( 45 ) Date of Patent :
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`US 9 , 879 , 659 B2
`Jan . 30 , 2018
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`( 54 ) SUPPORT FOR RECIPROCATING PUMP
`Ê ( 71 ) Applicant : S . P . M . Flow Control , Inc . , Fort Worth ,
`TX ( US )
`( 72 ) Inventors : Chandu Kumar , Fort Worth , TX ( US ) ;
`Kourosh Momenkhani , Dallas , TX
`( US ) ; Edward C . Kotapish , Willow
`Park , TX ( US ) ; Jacob A . Bayyouk ,
`Richardson , TX ( US ) ; John M .
`McCrady , Burleson , TX ( US ) ; Donald
`Keith Plemons , Fort Worth , TX ( US )
`( 73 ) Assignee : S . P . M . FLOW CONTROL , INC . , Fort
`Worth , TX ( US )
`Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U . S . C . 154 ( b ) by 286 days .
`( 21 ) Appl . No . : 14 / 808 , 654
`( 22 ) Filed :
`Jul . 24 , 2015
`( 65 )
`Prior Publication Data
`US 2016 / 0025089 A1
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`( * ) Notice :
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`Related U . S . Application Data
`( 60 ) Provisional application No . 62 / 155 , 793 , filed on May
`1 , 2015 , provisional application No . 62 / 095 , 689 , filed
`( Continued )
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`( 51 )
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`Int . Ci .
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`U . S . CI .
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`( Continued )
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`( 56 )
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`BR
`CA
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`Field of Classification Search
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`1 / 12 ; F01B 1 / 02 ; FO1B 3 / 0029 ; B21K
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`Primary Examiner — F . Daniel Lopez
`Assistant Examiner — Daniel Collins
`( 74 ) Attorney , Agent , or Firm — Gardere Wynne Sewell
`LLP
`( 57 )
`ABSTRACT
`A skid for supporting a reciprocating pump assembly , the
`reciprocating pump assembly including a power end frame
`assembly having a pair of end plates and a plurality of
`middle plates disposed between the end plates . The end
`plates each have at least a pair of feet and the middle plates
`each having at least one foot . The skid includes a base and
`a plurality of pads extending from the base . At least a portion
`of the plurality of pads correspond to the end plate feet and
`at least another portion of the plurality of pads correspond to
`the at least one foot of each middle plate .
`21 Claims , 57 Drawing Sheets
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`UPS4310
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`84 - ET
`332
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