Patents by Inventor Brandon Jay Schoonmaker

Brandon Jay Schoonmaker 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).

  • Reinforcement assembly for a bracket of a spent fuel pool
    Patent number: 10508758
    Abstract: A reinforcement assembly may be provided for a bracket configured to constrain a cooling pipe of a spent fuel pool of a nuclear reactor. The reinforcement assembly includes a base structure defining back slots, angled slots, side slots, and/or front slots. Back boss structures may be configured to slidably engage with the back slots of the base structure. Pipe boss structures may be configured to slidably engage with the angled slots of the base structure. Side clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the side slots of the base structure. Each of the side clamps may define a vertical slot. Vertical clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the vertical slot of each of the side clamps. Front clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the front slots of the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Robin D. Sprague, Steven Lewis Brown, Brandon Jay Schoonmaker, Shaobo Liu, Neill MacGregor Graham
  • REINFORCEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A BRACKET OF A SPENT FUEL POOL
    Publication number: 20190301643
    Abstract: A reinforcement assembly may be provided for a bracket configured to constrain a cooling pipe of a spent fuel pool of a nuclear reactor. The reinforcement assembly includes a base structure defining back slots, angled slots, side slots, and/or front slots. Back boss structures may be configured to slidably engage with the back slots of the base structure. Pipe boss structures may be configured to slidably engage with the angled slots of the base structure. Side clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the side slots of the base structure. Each of the side clamps may define a vertical slot. Vertical clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the vertical slot of each of the side clamps. Front clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the front slots of the base structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Robin D. SPRAGUE, Steven Lewis Brown, Brandon Jay Schoonmaker, Shaobo Liu, Neill MacGregor Graham