Patents by Inventor Dorian Tim LAMBERT

Dorian Tim LAMBERT 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).

  • Method and device for replacing control rod drives
    Patent number: 10204710
    Abstract: A control rod drive replacement device includes a channel for mounting on a support under a nuclear reactor pressure vessel and a control rod drive extractor removably received in the channel. The control rod drive extractor includes a base and a housing pivotably connected to the base. The housing is configured for receiving a control rod drive. The base includes a base axis. The housing is pivotably attached to the base at the base axis for pivoting between a horizontal orientation in which the housing is aligned within the channel and a vertical orientation in which the housing is aligned for receiving the control rod drive from the nuclear reactor pressure vessel. The housing is vertically movable with respect to the base in the vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Framatome Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt David Klahn, Patrick Gruenewald, Dorian Tim Lambert
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPLACING CONTROL ROD DRIVES
    Publication number: 20170352439
    Abstract: A control rod drive replacement device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Kurt David KLAHN, Patrick GRUENEWALD, Dorian Tim LAMBERT