Patents by Inventor Owen Lee Kruger

Owen Lee Kruger 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).

  • Process of making oxygen enriched plutonium dioxide (PuO.sub.2)
    Patent number: 4042670
    Abstract: Process for enriching .sup.238 PuO.sub.2 with .sup.16 O and forming sintered fuel pellets therefrom comprising the steps of compressing a mass of .sup.238 PuO.sub.2 containing .sup.16 O, .sup.17 O and .sup.18 O into a pellet; exposing the pellet to an atmosphere of .sup.16 O and an inert carrier gas at an increasing temperature up to about 1400.degree. C with varied gas flow to obtain an exchange of .sup.17 O and .sup.18 O and the simultaneous sintering of the pellet; and cooling the sintered and exchanged pellet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Nuclear Battery Corporation
    Inventor: Owen Lee Kruger