Patents by Inventor Harold Yeager

Harold Yeager 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 and system for assessing failures of fuel rods
    Patent number: 8811563
    Abstract: A system and method for assessing failure of fuel rods are disclosed. The method may include monitoring fuel rod operational conditions, comparing the fuel rod parameters to parameters limits, calculating the fuel rod performance parameters to determine the likelihood of failure of individual fuel rods, and updating plant operating parameters based on the calculated fuel rod parameters. The system may input the calculated fuel rod parameters into a fuel failure model to assess the probability of failure, and predict the probability of failure of individual fuel rods based on fuel rod parameters in the fuel failure model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harold Yeager, Russell Stachowski, Charles McNeely, Gerald Potts, Anthony Reese, Robert Rand, Robert Schneider, Angelo Chopelas
  • Method and system for assessing failures of fuel rods
    Publication number: 20060146973
    Abstract: A system and method for assessing failure of fuel rods are disclosed. The method may include monitoring fuel rod operational conditions, comparing the fuel rod parameters to parameters limits, calculating the fuel rod performance parameters to determine the likelihood of failure of individual fuel rods, and updating plant operating parameters based on the calculated fuel rod parameters. The system may input the calculated fuel rod parameters into a fuel failure model to assess the probability of failure, and predict the probability of failure of individual fuel rods based on fuel rod parameters in the fuel failure model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Harold Yeager, Russell Stachowski, Charles McNeely, Gerald Potts, Anthony Reese, Robert Rand, Robert Schneider, Angelo Cholepas