Patents by Inventor Paul Cantonwine

Paul Cantonwine 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).

  • Method and apparatus for a fret resistant fuel rod for a light water reactor (LWR) nuclear fuel bundle
    Patent number: 9646722
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a fret resistant fuel rod for a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) nuclear fuel bundle. An applied material entrained with fret resistant particles is melted or otherwise fused to a melted, thin layer of the fuel rod cladding. The applied material is made of a material that is chemically compatible with the fuel rod cladding, allowing the fret resistant particles to be captured in the thin layer of re-solidified cladding material to produce an effective and resilient fret resistant layer on an outer layer of the cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL—AMERICAS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Ledford, Yang-Pi Lin, Paul Cantonwine
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A FRET RESISTANT FUEL ROD FOR A LIGHT WATER REACTOR (LWR) NUCLEAR FUEL BUNDLE
    Publication number: 20140185732
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a fret resistant fuel rod for a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) nuclear fuel bundle. An applied material entrained with fret resistant particles is melted or otherwise fused to a melted, thin layer of the fuel rod cladding. The applied material is made of a material that is chemically compatible with the fuel rod cladding, allowing the fret resistant particles to be captured in the thin layer of re-solidified cladding material to produce an effective and resilient fret resistant layer on an outer layer of the cladding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Ledford, Yang-Pi Lin, Paul Cantonwine