Patents by Inventor H. McCurdy

H. McCurdy 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 of preventing separation of feedwater sparger end bracket assemblies
    Publication number: 20060193423
    Abstract: A method of preventing separation of a feedwater sparger end bracket assembly comprises installing first and second clamp members of a clamp over a feedwater sparger end bracket assembly in opposition to one another, and leaving the clamp in place to constrain the feedwater sparger end bracket assembly against separation in first, second and third directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick Butler, H. McCurdy
  • Clamp for feedwater sparger end bracket assemblies and method of preventing separation of feedwater sparger end bracket assemblies
    Publication number: 20060193424
    Abstract: A constrained feedwater sparger end bracket assembly comprises a boiling water reactor vessel, a feedwater sparger including a conduit within the vessel, a feedwater sparger end bracket assembly connected to an end of the conduit at a sparger/bracket junction, and a clamp secured on the feedwater sparger end bracket assembly. The clamp constrains the feedwater sparger end bracket assembly in directions horizontal, vertical and radial to the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick Butler, H. McCurdy