Patents by Inventor Kenneth O. Lindquist

Kenneth O. Lindquist 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 absorber systems and method for absorbing neutrons
    Publication number: 20040156466
    Abstract: A neutron absorber system for a nuclear fuel storage rack includes a neutron absorber, which is adapted to attach to a plurality of cell walls of a cell of the nuclear fuel storage rack. The neutron absorber is adapted to elastically deform to cause the attaching. A system for inserting a neutron absorber into the nuclear fuel storage rack includes means for applying at least one stress to the neutron absorber and means for releasing the at least one stress to cause the neutron absorber to attach to the plurality of cell walls of the cell of the nuclear fuel storage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth O. Lindquist
  • Neutron absorber systems and method for absorbing neutrons
    Patent number: 6741669
    Abstract: A neutron absorber system for a nuclear fuel storage rack includes a neutron absorber, which is adapted to attach to a plurality of cell walls of a cell of the nuclear fuel storage rack. The neutron absorber is adapted to elastically deform to cause the attaching. A system for inserting a neutron absorber into the nuclear fuel storage rack includes means for applying at least one stress to the neutron absorber and means for releasing the at least one stress to cause the neutron absorber to attach to the plurality of cell walls of the cell of the nuclear fuel storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth O. Lindquist
  • Neutron absorber systems and method for absorbing neutrons
    Publication number: 20030081714
    Abstract: A neutron absorber system for a nuclear fuel storage rack includes a neutron absorber, which is adapted to attach to a plurality of cell walls of a cell of the nuclear fuel storage rack. The neutron absorber is adapted to elastically deform to cause the attaching. A system for inserting a neutron absorber into the nuclear fuel storage rack includes means for applying at least one stress to the neutron absorber and means for releasing the at least one stress to cause the neutron absorber to attach to the plurality of cell walls of the cell of the nuclear fuel storage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth O. Lindquist
  • Inhibition of silica dissolution in an aqueous environment
    Patent number: 5867549
    Abstract: Methods are provided to at least slow the dissolution of silica in an aqueous environment. In the subject methods, the silica surface is contacted with a multivalent metal cation capable of complexing with oxygen atoms present on the silica surface, where contacting is preferably accomplished by introducing a source of the multivalent metal cation into the aqueous environment. The subject methods find particular use in the inhibition of the dissolution of silica comprising neutron poisoning materials employed in the storage of spent nuclear fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Lindquist, Thomas C. Haley