Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Lovett

Timothy J. Lovett 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).

  • Deployment system for an upper bundle steam generator cleaning/inspection device
    Patent number: 6543392
    Abstract: A deployment system for an upper bundle steam generator cleaning/inspection device, the deployment system including an elongated body feedable through an access in a steam generator shell proximate the tube sheet of the steam generator, the elongated body flexible in one configuration to bend into a position for extension up through flow slots in support plates of the interior of the steam generator, and rigid in another configuration for positioning and supporting cleaning/inspection devices up through the steam generator proximate the upper tube bundles of the steam generator; and a drive device for driving the elongated body up through the support plates and for retracting the elongated body back down through the support plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Augustus J. Ashton, III, Steven K. Ruggieri, Timothy J. Lovett, Alan Brightman, Stephen Jens