Patents by Inventor Ronald Klueh

Ronald Klueh 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).

  • IRON-BASED COMPOSITION FOR FUEL ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20160276045
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include fuel assemblies, fuel element, cladding material, methods of making a fuel element, and methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventors: Micah Hackett, Ronald Klueh
  • Iron-based composition for fuel element
    Patent number: 9303295
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include fuel assemblies, fuel element, cladding material, methods of making a fuel element, and methods of using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: TERRAPOWER, LLC
    Inventors: Micah Hackett, Ronald Klueh
  • IRON-BASED COMPOSITION FOR FUEL ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20140182749
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include fuel assemblies, fuel element, cladding material, methods of making a fuel element, and methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Micah Hackett, Ronald Klueh
  • Nano-scale nitride-particle-strengthened high-temperature wrought ferritic and martensitic steels
    Publication number: 20060060270
    Abstract: A method of making a steel composition includes the steps of: a. providing a steel composition that includes up to 15% Cr, up to 3% Mo, up to 4% W, 0.05-1% V, up to 2% Si, up to 3% Mn, up to 10% Co, up to 3% Cu, up to 5% Ni, up to 0.3% C, 0.02-0.3% N, balance iron, wherein the percentages are by total weight of the composition; b. austenitizing the composition at a temperature in the range of 1000° C. to 1400° C.; c. cooling the composition of steel to a selected hot-working temperature in the range 500° C. to 1000° C.; d. hot-working the composition at the selected hot-working temperature; e. annealing the composition for a time period of up to 10 hours at a temperature in the range of 500° C. to 1000° C.; and f. cooling the composition to ambient temperature to transform the steel composition to martensite, bainite, ferrite, or a combination of those microstructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Ronald Klueh, Naoyuki Hashimoto, Philip Maziasz