Patents by Inventor Kimchinh Tran

Kimchinh Tran 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).

  • Neutron shield panel arrangement for a nuclear reactor pressure vessel
    Patent number: 4743423
    Abstract: A shield panel for use in a nuclear reactor including a reactor vessel susceptible to embrittlement when bombarded with high energy neutrons and a nuclear reactor core mounted within the reactor vessel, the reactor vessel having a longitudinal axis and an inner surface surrounding the longitudinal axis, and the nuclear core emitting high energy neutrons which impinge on the inner surface of the reactor vessel. The shield panel includes a canister which contains a completely enclosed interior space and which is mountable between the inner surface of the reactor vessel and the nuclear core in a region wherein the reactor vessel is susceptible to a higher rate of embrittlement than the remaining portion of the vessel when bombarded with high energy neutrons emitted from the nuclear core, and a substance consisting essentially of a heavy metal and hydrogen filling the interior space of the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Robert L. Turner, Kimchinh Tran, Stephan L. Abbott, Leonard R. Golick, David E. Boyle, Theodore A. Meyer