Patents by Inventor Neal Lawrence Mann

Neal Lawrence Mann 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).

  • NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130301773
    Abstract: A method for controlling a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The method includes providing a moderator zone in a core of the nuclear reactor, providing a fuel in the moderator zone, and providing one or more housings, each having a cavity, adjacent to the fuel. The method also includes allowing movement of a moderator between the moderator zone and the cavity of the one or more housings at a lower portion of the one or more housings. The method further includes confining moderator in the cavity of the one or more housings at an upper portion of the one or more housings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Neal Lawrence Mann
  • Nuclear reactor control method and apparatus
    Patent number: 8416908
    Abstract: A method for controlling a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The method includes providing a moderator zone in a core of the nuclear reactor, providing a fuel in the moderator zone, and providing one or more housings, each having a cavity, adjacent to the fuel. The method also includes allowing movement of a moderator between the moderator zone and the cavity of the one or more housings at a lower portion of the one or more housings. The method further includes confining moderator in the cavity of the one or more housings at an upper portion of the one or more housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Inventor: Neal Lawrence Mann
  • NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120288048
    Abstract: A method for controlling a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The method includes providing a moderator zone in a core of the nuclear reactor, providing a fuel in the moderator zone, and providing one or more housings, each having a cavity, adjacent to the fuel. The method also includes allowing movement of a moderator between the moderator zone and the cavity of the one or more housings at a lower portion of the one or more housings. The method further includes confining moderator in the cavity of the one or more housings at an upper portion of the one or more housings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Neal Lawrence Mann