Patents by Inventor Jeff Deshon

Jeff Deshon 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).

  • Chemical enhancement of ultrasonic fuel cleaning
    Patent number: 8165261
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes chemically enhancing a technique utilizing an apparatus including a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly. Any corrosion products remaining after ultrasonic fuel cleaning will have exposed surfaces that are susceptible to chemical dissolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, Kurt Edsinger, Jeff Deshon
  • Chemical Enhancement of Ultrasonic Fuel Cleaning
    Publication number: 20090252275
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes chemically enhancing a technique utilizing an apparatus including a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially emanating omnidirectional ultrasonic energy to remove deposits from the nuclear fuel assembly. Any corrosion products remaining after ultrasonic fuel cleaning will have exposed surfaces that are susceptible to chemical dissolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, Kurt Edsinger, Jeff Deshon