Patents by Inventor Dustin E. Staub

Dustin E. Staub 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).

  • PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR FUEL ASSEMBLY GRID
    Publication number: 20130272482
    Abstract: A nuclear pressurized water reactor fuel assembly grid that has a plurality of spring-like, resilient, cantilevered members that extend, substantially adjacent each other, from a wall of a grid cell that supports the fuel rods, into the support cell, with a distal end of each member being compressed by the fuel rod passing through the cell so as to exert a lateral force on the fuel rod. The plurality of cantilevered members replace conventional dimples employed in fuel assembly grid support cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Patrick A. Hellandbrand, JR., Paul Evans, Dustin E. Staub