Patents by Inventor Patrice Erne A. Turchi

Patrice Erne A. Turchi 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).

  • SMCO5-BASED COMPOUNDS DOPED WITH FE AND NI FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE PERMANENT MAGNETS
    Publication number: 20200318222
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the presently disclosed inventive concepts, a magnet includes a material having a chemical formula: SmFe3(Ni1?xCox)2, where x is greater than 0 and x is less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Landa, Vincenzo Lordi, Per Soderlind, Patrice Erne A. Turchi
  • Alloys for inert matrix fuel compositions, and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 10636533
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an alloy includes: Zr; Fe; Cu; Ta in an amount from about 1 wt % to about 3 wt %; and one or more optional constituents selected from: Ti, Be, and Nb; and wherein the alloy comprises a ductile phase and a nanoprecipitate hard phase. According to another embodiment, a method of forming an inert matrix nuclear fuel includes: packing a hollow structure with fuel pellets and alloy precursor pellets; heating the fuel pellets and the alloy precursor pellets to at least a melting temperature of an alloy to be formed by melting the alloy precursor pellets; and solidifying the alloy into a matrix surrounding the fuel pellets. The alloy precursor pellets independently comprise: Zr; Fe; Cu; Ta present in an amount from about 1 to about 3 wt %; and one or more optional alloy constituents selected from: Ti, Be, and Nb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Vincenzo Lordi, Patrice Erne A. Turchi
  • ALLOYS FOR INERT MATRIX FUEL COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180130562
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an alloy includes: Zr; Fe; Cu; Ta in an amount from about 1 wt % to about 3 wt %; and one or more optional constituents selected from: Ti, Be, and Nb; and wherein the alloy comprises a ductile phase and a nanoprecipitate hard phase. According to another embodiment, a method of forming an inert matrix nuclear fuel includes: packing a hollow structure with fuel pellets and alloy precursor pellets; heating the fuel pellets and the alloy precursor pellets to at least a melting temperature of an alloy to be formed by melting the alloy precursor pellets; and solidifying the alloy into a matrix surrounding the fuel pellets. The alloy precursor pellets independently comprise: Zr; Fe; Cu; Ta present in an amount from about 1 to about 3 wt %; and one or more optional alloy constituents selected from: Ti, Be, and Nb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Vincenzo Lordi, Patrice Erne A. Turchi