Patents by Inventor James L. Diorio

James L. Diorio 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).

  • Nuclear instrumentation isolated output signal scaling method and system employing same
    Patent number: 11081247
    Abstract: A method of determining a core design parameter of a nuclear reactor, includes: calibrating an isolated voltage output from a NIS cabinet associated with the nuclear reactor using a calibrated signal source as an input to the NIS cabinet; recording values of the calibrated signal source used in the calibrating and corresponding values of the output voltage from the calibrating in an as-left cabinet calibration data table; using a computing device connected to the isolated voltage output from the NIS cabinet, converting the voltage output signal to a converted detector signal using at least some of the values in the as-left cabinet calibration data table in an improved signal conversion equation; and using the computing device, employing the converted detector signal to determine the core design parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Clare Prible, Frank M. Nedwidek, James L. Diorio
  • Nuclear Instrumentation Isolated Output Signal Scaling Method and System Employing Same
    Publication number: 20190057790
    Abstract: A method of determining a core design parameter of a nuclear reactor, includes: calibrating an isolated voltage output from a NIS cabinet associated with the nuclear reactor using a calibrated signal source as an input to the NIS cabinet; recording values of the calibrated signal source used in the calibrating and corresponding values of the output voltage from the calibrating in an as-left cabinet calibration data table; using a computing device connected to the isolated voltage output from the NIS cabinet, converting the voltage output signal to a converted detector signal using at least some of the values in the as-left cabinet calibration data table in an improved signal conversion equation; and using the computing device, employing the converted detector signal to determine the core design parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Clare Prible, Frank M. Nedwidek, James L. Diorio