Patents by Inventor Arnold W. Erickson

Arnold W. Erickson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Neutron absorbers and methods of forming at least a portion of a neutron absorber
    Patent number: 8903035
    Abstract: Methods of forming at least a portion of a neutron absorber include combining a first material and a second material to form a compound, reducing the compound into a plurality of particles, mixing the plurality of particles with a third material, and pressing the mixture of the plurality of particles and the third material. One or more components of neutron absorbers may be formed by such methods. Neutron absorbers may include a composite material including an intermetallic compound comprising hafnium aluminide and a matrix material comprising pure aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Donna P. Guillen, Douglas L. Porter, W. David Swank, Arnold W. Erickson
  • NEUTRON ABSORBERS AND METHODS OF FORMING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A NEUTRON ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20110255648
    Abstract: Methods of forming at least a portion of a neutron absorber include combining a first material and a second material to form a compound, reducing the compound into a plurality of particles, mixing the plurality of particles with a third material, and pressing the mixture of the plurality of particles and the third material. One or more components of neutron absorbers may be formed by such methods. Neutron absorbers may include a composite material including an intermetallic compound comprising hafnium aluminide and a matrix material comprising pure aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Donna P. Guillen, Douglas L. Porter, W. David Swank, Arnold W. Erickson
  • Process and material that encapsulates solid hazardous waste
    Patent number: 5962630
    Abstract: A method of encapsulating mixed waste in which a thermoplastic polymer having a melting temperature less than about 150.degree. C. and sulfur and mixed waste are mixed at an elevated temperature not greater than about 200.degree. C. and mixed for a time sufficient to intimately mix the constituents, and then cooled to a solid. The resulting solid is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Michael H. O'Brien, Arnold W. Erickson