Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Chidester

Kenneth M. Chidester 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).

  • Zone sintering of ceramic fuels
    Patent number: 5320786
    Abstract: Cold pressed UC.sub.2 fuel compacts are sintered at temperatures greater than about 1850.degree. C. while in contact with a sintering facilitator material, e.g., tantalum, niobium, tungsten or a metal carbide such as uranium carbide, thereby allowing for a reduction in the overall porosity and leaving the desired product, i.e., a highly dense, large-grained uranium dicarbide. The process of using the sintering facilitator materials can be applied in the preparation of other carbide materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy
    Inventors: R. Bruce Matthews, Kenneth M. Chidester, H. Gene Moore
  • Multilayered chromium oxide bonded, hardened and densified coatings and method of making same
    Patent number: 4615913
    Abstract: This invention discloses a means of producing chromium oxide bonded coatings applied to metal or other suitable substrates in a layered, built-up manner and the products produced thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Kaman Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Jack L. Jones, Kenneth M. Chidester