Patents by Inventor Edwin Stephen Hunt

Edwin Stephen Hunt 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).

  • Apparatus and method for ultrasonically cleaning irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies
    Patent number: 7542539
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Robert Douglas Varrin, Edwin Stephen Hunt
  • Apparatus and method for ultrasonically cleaning irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies
    Publication number: 20020163990
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Robert Douglas Varrin, Edwin Stephen Hunt
  • Apparatus and method for ultrasonically cleaning irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies
    Patent number: 6396892
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Robert Douglas Varrin, Edwin Stephen Hunt