Patents by Inventor George Vick Owen

George Vick Owen 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: 7533715
    Abstract: An improved manipulator system having a remotely actuated tube walker assembly for reciprocally moving the manipulator along a tube bundle for inspection and repair of the tubes of the tube bundle wherein the tube walker has a movable inner section and an outboard section with both sections having groups of hydraulically actuated locking fingers which are selectively engageable with the tubes of the tube bundle so that when the fingers of the outboard section are locked the fingers of the inner section are disengaged and the inner portion can be moved axially to an aligned position with new tube locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Areva NP Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt David Klahn, George Vick Owen
  • Publication number: 20090120605
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an improved manipulator system having a remotely actuated tube walker assembly for reciprocally moving the manipulator along a tube bundle for inspection and repair of the tubes of the tube bundle wherein the tube walker has a movable inner section and an outboard section with both sections having groups of hydraulically actuated locking fingers which are selectively engageable with the tubes of the tube bundle so that when the fingers of the outboard section are locked the fingers of the inner section are disengaged and the inner portion can be moved axially to an aligned position with new tube locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Kurt David Klahn, George Vick Owen
  • Patent number: 7464670
    Abstract: A system for delivering tooling around the annulus of a steam generator without damaging any part of the steam generator is provided where the tooling delivery device travels between the tube bundle and the vessel shell and delivers tooling for cleaning, inspection, retrieval and repair. The device has various types of locomotion system including treads, rollers, magnets and vacuum. The cleaning device has multiple high pressure nozzles that rotate 180 degrees about a horizontal axis and 360 degrees about a vertical axis enabling the device to sweep multiple lanes of tubes simultaneously and also clean the front and back of the annulus floor and tube sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Framatome ANP, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Leon Hermamdez, George Vick Owen, Kert David Klahn
  • Publication number: 20080022948
    Abstract: A system for delivering tooling around the annulus of a steam generator without damaging any part of the steam generator is provided where the tooling delivery device travels between the tube bundle and the vessel shell and delivers tooling for cleaning, inspection, retrieval and repair. The device has various types of locomotion system including treads, rollers, magnets and vacuum. The cleaning device has multiple high pressure nozzles that rotate 180 degrees about a horizontal axis and 360 degrees about a vertical axis enabling the device to sweep multiple lanes of tubes simultaneously and also clean the front and back of the annulus floor and tube sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Eric Leon Hernandez, George Vick Owen, Kurt David Klahn
  • Patent number: D380033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: B&W Nuclear Technologies
    Inventors: Scott M. Theiss, George Vick Owen, Pasco F. Parker, H. William Masterton