Patents by Inventor Charles Beaty Patterson

Charles Beaty Patterson 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).

  • Fuel rod assembly and method for mitigating the radiation-enhanced corrosion of a zirconium-based component
    Patent number: 9805831
    Abstract: There is provided a fuel rod assembly comprising a first component of a zirconium-based material. The first component is in contact with or is located adjacent to a second component of a material different from the zirconium-based material, e.g. a nickel-based or iron-based alloy. A coating is disposed on an outer surface of the first component, which is effective to reduce an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component relative to an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component without the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Young Jin Kim, Dennis Michael Gray, David William White, Yang-Pi Lin, Todd Charles Curtis, Charles Beaty Patterson
  • FUEL ROD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING THE RADIATION-ENHANCED CORROSION OF A ZIRCONIUM-BASED COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140334592
    Abstract: There is provided a fuel rod assembly comprising a first component of a zirconium-based material. The first component is in contact with or is located adjacent to a second component of a material different from the zirconium-based material, e.g. a nickel-based or iron-based alloy. A coating is disposed on an outer surface of the first component, which is effective to reduce an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component relative to an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component without the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Young Jin Kim, Dennis Michael Gray, David William White, Yang-Pi Lin, Todd Charles Curtis, Charles Beaty Patterson
  • Fuel rod assembly and method for mitigating the radiation-enhanced corrosion of a zirconium-based component
    Patent number: 8792607
    Abstract: There is provided a fuel rod assembly comprising a first component of a zirconium-based material. The first component is in contact with or is located adjacent to a second component of a material different from the zirconium-based material, e.g. a nickel-based or iron-based alloy. A coating is disposed on an outer surface of the first component, which is effective to reduce an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component relative to an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component without the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Young Jin Kim, Dennis Michael Gray, David William White, Yang-Pi Lin, Todd Charles Curtis, Charles Beaty Patterson
  • FUEL ROD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING THE RADIATION-ENHANCED CORROSION OF A ZIRCONIUM-BASED COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20100091934
    Abstract: There is provided a fuel rod assembly comprising a first component of a zirconium-based material. The first component is in contact with or is located adjacent to a second component of a material different from the zirconium-based material, e.g. a nickel-based or iron-based alloy. A coating is disposed on an outer surface of the first component, which is effective to reduce an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component relative to an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component without the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Young Jin Kim, Dennis Michael Gray, David William White, Yang-Pi Lin, Todd Charles Curtis, Charles Beaty Patterson
  • FUEL ROD WITH WEAR-INHIBITING COATING
    Publication number: 20090022259
    Abstract: A fuel rod includes a cladding tube with a wear-inhibiting coating. In one embodiment, the coating is made of a metallic powder material that is applied to the exterior surface of the cladding tube using a thermal spray process. In an alternative embodiment, the coating is a composite made of a metallic powder material, and a ceramic powder material or a metal oxide hard phase powder material that is simultaneously applied with the metallic powder material to coat the cladding tube. The coating can be applied to selected areas of the fuel rods where debris tends to fret the fuel rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Dennis Michael Gray, David William White, Peter Louis Andresen, Young Jin Kim, Yang-Pi Lin, Todd Charles Curtis, Charles Beaty Patterson