Patents by Inventor Dimick D. Heller

Dimick D. Heller 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 fuel pellet loading method and machine for same
    Patent number: 6639961
    Abstract: An automated machine for loading nuclear reactor fuel, BP, or APSR pellets from small trays having rows of pellets into reactor rods of long length wherein the pellets are individually counted and loaded into rows of a loading tray according to the desired number of pellets per row and total number of pellets per tray with the loading tray controls being moved to a que tray where they may be weighted and there from to an unloading tray for sequential row loading into the reactor rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Framatome Cogema Fuel Co.
    Inventors: William E. Bailey, Dimick D. Heller, Steven D. Overby
  • NUCLEAR FUEL PELLET LOADING METHOD AND MACHINE FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20030103593
    Abstract: An automated machine for loading nuclear reactor fuel, BP, or APSR pellets from small trays having rows of pellets into reactor rods of long length wherein the pellets are individually counted and loaded into rows of a loading tray according to the desired number of pellets per row and total number of pellets per tray with the loading tray controls being moved to a que tray where they may be weighted and there from to an unloading tray for sequential row loading into the reactor rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: William E. Bailey, Dimick D. Heller, Steven D. Overby