Patents by Inventor Jackie E. Bean

Jackie E. Bean 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).

  • Control of nuclear reactors
    Patent number: 4521370
    Abstract: In a coupling system for a nuclear reactor control rod and control rod drive, said coupling system being selectively uncouplable by an uncoupling rod, a system of passages for exercising a countervailing force on the uncoupling rod to prevent inadvertent uncoupling during scram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Larry E. Fischer, Jackie E. Bean
  • Control of nuclear reactors
    Patent number: 4518559
    Abstract: A fine-motion control rod drive for a nuclear reactor, which can be disassembled in sections. The drive includes a spindle defining a sealing surface to prevent spillage after the drive motor is removed. A spline connection with a sliding key arrangement permits the shaft of the drive motor to be separated from the spindle during disassembly. The drive motor is effective for uncoupling the control rod drive piston from the control rod prior to disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Larry E. Fischer, Bettadapur N. Sridhar, Jackie E. Bean