Patents by Inventor Richard W. Stratton

Richard W. Stratton 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 fuel rod with porous plug closure
    Patent number: 4627957
    Abstract: A tubular sheath for particulate nuclear fuel has microporous retaining elements formed by winding metal strip about a central pin and pushing the resulting spiral into the sheath ends. The metal strip has transverse grooves formed by a photo-etching process which form axial gas passages narrow enough to prevent passage of fuel particles. Suitable materials for the strip include molybdenum and tungsten. A stainless steel strip can be used if a molybdenum or tungsten disc is placed between it and the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Industrieorientierten Forschung an den Schweizerischen Hochschulen und Weiteren Institutionen
    Inventors: Richard W. Stratton, Michel Nicolet, Glenn Andrews
  • Process for the production of ceramic plutonium-uranium nuclear fuel in the form of sintered pellets
    Patent number: 4231976
    Abstract: Ceramic plutonium-uranium fuels are made by sintering wet-chemical microspheres of plutonium-uranium solid-solution oxides, carbides, nitrides, or the like, or by sintering separate plutonium- and uranium-compound microspheres mixed together, the uranium compound alternatively being in a fine-grained to pulverulent form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Forschung an der Eidgenossischen Technischen Hochschule
    Inventors: Klaus Bischoff, Richard W. Stratton