Patents Assigned to Zeno Power Systems, Inc.
  • Fuel fabrication process for radioisotope thermoelectric generators
    Patent number: 12254997
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for fabricating a heat source for a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). The method may include reducing a particle size in a strontium compound by powdering and sieving the strontium compound and/or dissolving the strontium compound into an aqueous solution; mixing the strontium compound with graphite to obtain a strontium-graphite mixture; performing a press to the strontium-graphite mixture; and encapsulating the pressed strontium-graphite mixture into an x-ray shielding to obtain the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Zeno Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Matthews, Christofer Erin Whiting, Chadwick Douglas Barklay
  • FUEL FABRICATION PROCESS FOR RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS
    Publication number: 20220406485
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for fabricating a heat source for a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). The method may include reducing a particle size in a strontium compound by powdering and sieving the strontium compound and/or dissolving the strontium compound into an aqueous solution; mixing the strontium compound with graphite to obtain a strontium-graphite mixture; performing a press to the strontium-graphite mixture; and encapsulating the pressed strontium-graphite mixture into an x-ray shielding to obtain the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Zeno Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob MATTHEWS, Christofer Erin WHITING, Chadwick Douglas BARKLAY