Patents by Inventor Eugene L. Fromholtz, deceased

Eugene L. Fromholtz, deceased 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: 5563922
    Abstract: A method and system for indicating the position of a nuclear reactor control rod which is suspended from a shaft sliding vertically inside a travel housing. Primary and secondary coils are wound around the travel housing and an AC current travelling through the primary coil induces a secondary voltage across the secondary coil and a primary voltage across a secondary coil of an isolation transformer. The primary and secondary AC voltages are low pass filtered, rectified into DC voltages, and low pass filtered a second time. The secondary DC voltage is divided by the primary DC voltage and a ratiometric signal is produced. The ratiometric signal is compensated by decoupled zero and span adjustments and by a temperature compensation adjustment. A linear correction offset is calculated from data stored in an EPROM and summed with the ratiometric signal yielding a module output signal which is a linear representation of the control rod position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: AEP Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Beltz, Robert C. Carruth, Stanley K. Farlow, Eugene L. Fromholtz, deceased