Patents by Inventor Harold W. McCurdy, Jr.

Harold W. McCurdy, Jr. 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).

  • Hydrogen-oxygen recombiner
    Patent number: 4228132
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently and safely recombining hydrogen and oxygen gas to form water vapor, the apparatus being particularly adapted for use with a nuclear reactor system in which potentially dangerous hydrogen gas, evolved within the containment vessel during certain postulated accident conditions, can be eliminated. Further, this apparatus also aids in the removal of certain radioactive contaminents from the gases in a containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Sterling J. Weems, Harold W. McCurdy, Jr.
  • Hydrogen-oxygen recombiner
    Patent number: 4139603
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently and safely recombining hydrogen and oxygen gas to form water vapor, the apparatus being particularly adapted for use with a nuclear reactor system in which potentially dangerous hydrogen gas, evolved within the containment vessel during certain postulated accident conditions, can be eliminated. Further, this apparatus also aids in the removal of certain radioactive contaminents from the gases in a containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Sterling J. Weems, Harold W. McCurdy, Jr.