Patents by Inventor Aaron Abb

Aaron Abb 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).

  • Actuating a nuclear reactor safety device
    Patent number: 10304575
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor trip apparatus includes a remote circuit breaker trip device operatively connected to a reactor trip breaker to release a control rod into a nuclear reactor core, an active power source, a passive power source, and a local circuit breaker trip device operatively connected to the reactor trip breaker including a sensor to trigger the local circuit breaker trip device upon sensing a predefined condition. The active power source is electrically coupled to energize the remote circuit breaker trip device under normal operating conditions. The passive power source is electrically coupled to energize the remote circuit breaker trip device based on a loss of the active power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NuScale Power, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Hough, Aaron Abb, Tim Branam
  • ACTUATING A NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160042815
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor trip apparatus includes a remote circuit breaker trip device operatively connected to a reactor trip breaker to release a control rod into a nuclear reactor core, an active power source, a passive power source, and a local circuit breaker trip device operatively connected to the reactor trip breaker including a sensor to trigger the local circuit breaker trip device upon sensing a predefined condition. The active power source is electrically coupled to energize the remote circuit breaker trip device under normal operating conditions. The passive power source is electrically coupled to energize the remote circuit breaker trip device based on a loss of the active power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ted Hough, Aaron Abb, Tim Branam