Patents by Inventor Robert A. August, Jr.

Robert A. August, 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).

  • High efficiency fast neutron threshold deflector
    Patent number: 5078951
    Abstract: A high-efficiency apparatus for detecting fast neutrons includes an assembly of disks of solid state charged particle detector material, or other appropriate charged particle detecting devices, disposed between adjacent thick (on the order of 1 mm) disks of fissionable material. The fissionable material must be an isotope that has a sharp increase in the neutron-induced fission cross section at a neutron energy of about 100 keV or greater, i.e., a fast neutron. An array of such assemblies housed in a thermal neutron shielding structure provides a threshold detector for fast neutrons resulting from neutron-induced fission of the fissionable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Robert A. August, Jr.