Patents by Inventor Gary Wayne Ehlert

Gary Wayne Ehlert 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).

  • Ring plate around openings in reinforced concrete containment vessel
    Patent number: 6563900
    Abstract: A reinforced concrete containment vessel in a nuclear reactor includes a cylindrical shell having a side wall. The side wall includes an opening and a plurality of reinforcing bars, at least one of which is interrupted at the side wall opening. A reinforcing plate having an opening is located in the cylindrical shell so that the reinforcing plate opening is aligned with the side wall opening and the interrupted reinforcing bars are connected to the reinforcing plate. Reinforcing bar terminators connect the reinforcing bars to the reinforcing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Perng-Fei Gou, Harold Edward Townsend, Carl Rainey, Gary Wayne Ehlert, Enrique Rafael Solorzano
  • Ring plate around openings in reinforced concrete containment vessel
    Publication number: 20020071514
    Abstract: A reinforced concrete containment vessel in a nuclear reactor includes a cylindrical shell having a side wall. The side wall includes an opening and a plurality of reinforcing bars, at least one of which is interrupted at the side wall opening. A reinforcing plate having an opening is located in the cylindrical shell so that the reinforcing plate opening is aligned with the side wall opening and the interrupted reinforcing bars are connected to the reinforcing plate. Reinforcing bar terminators connect the reinforcing bars to the reinforcing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Perng-Fei Gou, Harold Edward Townsend, Carl Rainey, Gary Wayne Ehlert, Enrique Rafael Solorzano