Patents by Inventor David Eric Morlan

David Eric Morlan 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).

  • Patent number: 5784425
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus is suspended from a robotic positioning arm and is operable to inspect the surface of a boiling water reactor core shroud. The apparatus includes an attachment bracket connected to the robotic positioning arm. A guide is connected to the attachment bracket and receives an arcuate rail having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. A motor assembly drives the rail within the guide to position the rail at a desired location along the core shroud surface relating to the guide. The rail carries a transducer assembly which is moved along the rail by a chain and sprocket assembly. As the motor assembly drives the rail, the chain and sprocket assembly simultaneously moves the transducer assembly along the rail to inspect the core shroud surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: David Eric Morlan