Patents by Inventor Walter J. Fader

Walter J. Fader 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-pumped uranyl salt laser
    Patent number: 4160956
    Abstract: A direct nuclear radiation pumped laser consisting essentially of a uranyl salt with a UO.sub.2.sup.++ uranyl ion enriched in the U.sup.235 isotope sufficient to sustain a fission chain reaction, the uranyl ion being directly nuclear radiation pumped by a fission power transient of the core to produce laser action between a low-lying vibrational level of the first triplet electronic state and an upper vibrational level of the singlet ground state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Walter J. Fader