Patents by Inventor C. Joseph Long

C. Joseph Long 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 reactor robust gray control rod
    Patent number: 8532246
    Abstract: A control rod having a lower tip absorber material which exhibits substantially lower irradiation induced swelling than a second absorber material which extends above the lower tip absorber material. The lower tip absorber material having a substantially lower reactivity worth than the second absorber material, extends from a lower end plug of the control rod to an elevation just above a dashpot in a thimble guide tube in a nuclear fuel assembly when the control rod is fully inserted within the thimble guide tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Radu O. Pomirleanu, Michael J. Hone, C. Joseph Long, Michael C. Misvel, David L. Stucker
  • NUCLEAR REACTOR ROBUST GRAY CONTROL ROD
    Publication number: 20090046824
    Abstract: A control rod having a lower tip absorber material which exhibits substantially lower irradiation induced swelling than a second absorber material which extends above the lower tip absorber material. The lower tip absorber material having a substantially lower reactivity worth than the second absorber material, extends from a lower end plug of the control rod to an elevation just above a dashpot in a thimble guide tube in a nuclear fuel assembly when the control rod is fully inserted within the thimble guide tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Radu O. Pomirleanu, Michael J. Hone, C. Joseph Long, Michael C. Misvel, David L. Stucker