Patents by Inventor Mark John Osterlitz

Mark John Osterlitz 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 fuel pellet inspection
    Patent number: 8693613
    Abstract: A system for inspecting nuclear fuel pellets is provided. The inspection system is configured to use X-ray radiation at one or more energies to probe nuclear fuel pellets disposed within a nuclear fuel rod for nuclear fuel pellet defects. In some implementations of the inspection system, a nuclear fuel rod manufacturing facility may be able to integrate the inspection system for fully or partially automated inspection of all fuel rods produced within the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Clifford Bueno, Patrick Kenneth Hogan, Mark John Osterlitz, William Robert Ross
  • THERMOLUMINESCENT COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY READER AND METHOD FOR USING SAME
    Publication number: 20130015371
    Abstract: A computed radiography reading system and method. The system includes an exposed computed radiography plate, a two-dimensional pixelized array, and a heating element. The heating element conducts heat to the computed radiography plate and the computed radiography plate releases entrained light signals to the two-dimensional pixelized array in response to the conducted heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Clifford Bueno, Manoharan Venugopal, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Mark John Osterlitz
  • NUCLEAR FUEL PELLET INSPECTION
    Publication number: 20110170654
    Abstract: A system for inspecting nuclear fuel pellets is provided. The inspection system is configured to use X-ray radiation at one or more energies to probe nuclear fuel pellets disposed within a nuclear fuel rod for nuclear fuel pellet defects. In some implementations of the inspection system, a nuclear fuel rod manufacturing facility may be able to integrate the inspection system for fully or partially automated inspection of all fuel rods produced within the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Clifford Bueno, Patrick Kenneth Hogan, Mark John Osterlitz, William Robert Ross
  • Systems and method for locating failure events in samples under load
    Patent number: 7516663
    Abstract: A system for locating a failure event in a sample is disclosed. The system includes at least one sensor configured to detect acoustic energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample. The system also includes an infrared camera configured to detect a thermal release of energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harry Israel Ringermacher, Donald Robert Howard, Bryon Edward Knight, Yury Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Mark John Osterlitz, Jian Li, Jeffry Lynn Thompson, Gulperi Nuzhet Aksel
  • Systems and method for locating failure events in samples under load
    Publication number: 20080105055
    Abstract: A system for locating a failure event in a sample is disclosed. The system includes at least one sensor configured to detect acoustic energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample. The system also includes an infrared camera configured to detect a thermal release of energy corresponding to the failure event in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Harry Israel Ringermacher, Donald Robert Howard, Bryon Edward Knight, Yury Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Mark John Osterlitz, Jian Li, Jeffry Lynn Thompson, Gulperi Nuzhet Aksel