Patents by Inventor David Eugene Holcomb

David Eugene Holcomb 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: 9683280
    Abstract: An alloy consists essentially of, in terms of weight percent: 6 to 8.5 Cr, 5.5 to 13.5 Mo, 0.4 to 7.5 W, 1 to 2 Ti, 0.7 to 0.85 Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 Al, up to to 0.1 Co, 0.08 to 0.5 C, 1 to 5 Ta, 1 to 4 Nab, 1 to 3 Hf, balance Ni. The alloy is characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 36 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 40 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 72.1 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm2sec)]×10?11 during a 1000 hour immersion in liquid FLiNaK at 850° C., in the range of 8 to 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Govindarajan Muralidharan, Dane Francis Wilson, David Eugene Holcomb
  • Patent number: 9683279
    Abstract: An alloy is composed essentially of, in terms of weight percent: 6 to 8.5 Cr, 5.5 to 13.5 Mo, 0.4 to 7.5 W, 1 to 2 Ti, 0.7 to 0.85 Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 Al, 0.08 to 0.5 C, 0 to 1 Nb, with the balance Ni, the alloy being characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 25 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 30 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 45 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm2 sec)]10?11 during a 1000 hour immersion in liquid FLiNaK at 850° C., in the range of 6 to 39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Govindarajan Muralidharan, Dane Francis Wilson, David Eugene Holcomb
  • Publication number: 20150329942
    Abstract: An alloy is composed essentially of, in terms of weight percent: 6 to 8.5 Cr, 5.5 to 13.5 Mo, 0.4 to 7.5 W, 1 to 2 Ti, 0.7 to 0.85 Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 Al, 0.08 to 0.5 C, 0 to 1 Nb, with the balance Ni, the alloy being characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 25 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 30 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 45 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm2 sec)]10?11 during a 1000 hour immersion in liquid FLiNaK at 850 ° C., in the range of 6 to 39.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Govindarajan Muralidharan, Dane Francis Wilson, David Eugene Holcomb
  • Publication number: 20150197832
    Abstract: An alloy consists essentially of, in terms of weight percent: 6 to 8.5 Cr, 5.5 to 13.5 Mo, 0.4 to 7.5 W, 1 to 2 Ti, 0.7 to 0.85 Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 Al, up to to 0.1 Co, 0.08 to 0.5 C, 1 to 5 Ta, 1 to 4 Nb, 1 to 3 Hf, balance Ni. The alloy is characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 36 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 40 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 72.1 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm2sec)]×10?11 during a 1000 hour immersion in liquid FLiNaK at 850° C., in the range of 8 to 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Govindarajan Muralidharan, Dane Francis Wilson, David Eugene Holcomb
  • Patent number: 8796634
    Abstract: A tube-style neutron detector, a panel-style neutron detector incorporating a plurality of tube-style neutron detectors, and a panel-style neutron detector including a plurality of anode wires are provided. A plurality of channels is provided in a neutron detector such that each channel has an inner surface of a coating layer including a neutron-absorbing material. A wire anode is provided at end of each channel so that electrons generated by a charged daughter particle generated by a neutron are collected to detect a neutron-matter interaction. Moderator units can be incorporated into a neutron detector to provide improved detection efficiencies and/or to determine neutron energy spectrum. Gas-based proportional response from the neutron detectors can be employed for special nuclear material (SNM) detection. This neutron detector can provide similar performance to 3He-based detectors without requiring 3He and without containing toxic, flammable, or high-pressure materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Allen Kisner, David Eugene Holcomb, Gilbert M. Brown
  • Publication number: 20120223242
    Abstract: A tube-style neutron detector, a panel-style neutron detector incorporating a plurality of tube-style neutron detectors, and a panel-style neutron detector including a plurality of anode wires are provided. A plurality of channels is provided in a neutron detector such that each channel has an inner surface of a coating layer including a neutron-absorbing material. A wire anode is provided at end of each channel so that electrons generated by a charged daughter particle generated by a neutron are collected to detect a neutron-matter interaction. Moderator units can be incorporated into a neutron detector to provide improved detection efficiencies and/or to determine neutron energy spectrum. Gas-based proportional response from the neutron detectors can be employed for special nuclear material (SNM) detection. This neutron detector can provide similar performance to 3He-based detectors without requiring 3He and without containing toxic, flammable, or high-pressure materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Gilbert M. Brown, David Eugene Holcomb, Roger Allen Kisner
  • Patent number: 6456096
    Abstract: A monolithic sensor includes a reference channel and at least one sensing channel. Each sensing channel has an oscillator and a counter driven by the oscillator. The reference channel and the at least one sensing channel being formed integrally with a substrate and intimately nested with one another on the substrate. Thus, the oscillator and the counter have matched component values and temperature coefficients. A frequency determining component of the sensing oscillator is formed integrally with the substrate and has an impedance parameter which varies with an environmental parameter to be measured by the sensor. A gating control is responsive to an output signal generated by the reference channel, for terminating counting in the at least one sensing channel at an output count, whereby the output count is indicative of the environmental parameter, and successive ones of the output counts are indicative of changes in the environmental parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Milton Nance Ericson, David Eugene Holcomb