Patents by Inventor Patrick Kenneth Hogan

Patrick Kenneth Hogan 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
  • 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