Patents by Inventor Paul M. Evans
Paul M. Evans 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).
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Patent number: 11946503Abstract: A connector is provided to attach a supported member to a supporting member, with the supported member being in sloped and skewed relation to the supporting member. The connector has back members attached to side members. A seat member attaches to the side members through a hinged connection. The seat member interfaces with the bottom face of the supported member and can be disposed at a sloped angle. A pair of seat side members extend from the seat member.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Evans, Dustin P. Muhn, Rachel Marie Holland, Benedict Ang, Paul Howard Oellerich, James M. Benton, Timothy Patrick Murphy
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Patent number: 11942230Abstract: A spacer grid specifically designed for accident tolerant fuel utilizing fuel rods with SiC cladding for implementation in pressurized water reactors. The spacer grid design allows for ease of SiC fuel rod insertion during the fuel assembly fabrication process by providing a smooth contact geometry. The co-planar support allows the fuel rods to be rotated axially more freely at the grid location than a conventional six-point contact geometry used in existing fuel assembly designs. The fuel rod support cells are attached at their corners which are shared between adjacent support cells.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Joonhyung Choi, Zeses Karoutas, Paul M. Evans
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Publication number: 20210098140Abstract: A spacer grid specifically designed for accident tolerant fuel utilizing fuel rods with SiC cladding for implementation in pressurized water reactors. The spacer grid tubular generally square design allows for ease of SiC fuel rod insertion during the fuel assembly fabrication process by providing a smooth contact geometry. The co-planar vertically oriented support allows the fuel rods to be rotated axially more freely at the grid location than a conventional six-point contact geometry used in existing fuel assembly designs. Since the SiC fuel rod has higher stiffness than a metallic fuel rod, the six-point contact geometry, which consists of two spring and four dimples, can potentially damage the fuel rod in the event of fuel rod deflection induced by a seismic event or a bowed fuel assembly. The fuel rod support cells are attached at their corners which are shared between adjacent support cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Joonhyung Choi, Zeses Karoutas, Paul M. Evans
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Patent number: 10818402Abstract: A spacer grid specifically designed for accident tolerant fuel utilizing fuel rods with SiC cladding for implementation in pressurized water reactors. The spacer grid has a generally square design that allows for ease of SiC fuel rod insertion during the fuel assembly fabrication process by providing a smooth contact geometry. The co-planar support allows the fuel rods to be rotated axially more freely at the grid location than a conventional six-point contact geometry used in existing fuel assembly designs.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Joonhyung Choi, Zeses Karoutas, Paul M. Evans
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Patent number: 10304577Abstract: A method of determining the bow and twist of a nuclear fuel assembly that utilizes fiber optic shape sensing technology enclosed within a flexible sheath that transmits strain on the interior walls of a control rod guide thimble within the fuel assembly to a fiber cable of the shape sensing technology enclosed within the sheath. The sheath conforms to the interior dimensions of the interior walls of the guide thimble.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Paul M. Evans, Benjamin T. Burnette
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Publication number: 20180286524Abstract: A spacer grid specifically designed for accident tolerant fuel utilizing fuel rods with SiC cladding for implementation in pressurized water reactors. The spacer grid tubular generally square design allows for ease of SiC fuel rod insertion during the fuel assembly fabrication process by providing a smooth contact geometry. The co-planar vertically oriented support allows the fuel rods to be rotated axially more freely at the grid location than a conventional six-point contact geometry used in existing fuel assembly designs. Since the SiC fuel rod has higher stiffness than a metallic fuel rod, the six-point contact geometry, which consists of two spring and four dimples, can potentially damage the fuel rod in the event of fuel rod deflection induced by a seismic event or a bowed fuel assembly. The fuel rod support cells are attached at their corners which are shared between adjacent support cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Joonhyung Choi, Zeses Karoutas, Paul M. Evans
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Patent number: 9667698Abstract: A method for transmitting data from an on-premise component to an off-premise computer image includes: sending a message from the off-premise computer image to an off-premise server and recording an address of the off-premise computer image; sending a message from the off-premise server to the off-premise computer image with instructions for the off-premise computer image to connect to a specific unsecure port of the off-premise server; identifying a connection to the specific unsecure port of the off-premise server within a selected time interval; verifying the recorded address of the off-premise computer image; sending from the off-premise server a message to an on-premise connector to transmit the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component if the off-premise computer image is verified and the connection is identified within the selected time interval; and transmitting the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Paul M. Evans, Paul F. Klein
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Publication number: 20170093845Abstract: A method for transmitting data from an on-premise component to an off-premise computer image includes: sending a message from the off-premise computer image to an off-premise server and recording an address of the off-premise computer image; sending a message from the off-premise server to the off-premise computer image with instructions for the off-premise computer image to connect to a specific unsecure port of the off-premise server; identifying a connection to the specific unsecure port of the off-premise server within a selected time interval; verifying the recorded address of the off-premise computer image; sending from the off-premise server a message to an on-premise connector to transmit the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component if the off-premise computer image is verified and the connection is identified within the selected time interval; and transmitting the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Paul M. Evans, Paul F. Klein
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Publication number: 20170093955Abstract: A method for transmitting data from an on-premise component to an off-premise computer image includes: sending a message from the off-premise computer image to an off-premise server and recording an address of the off-premise computer image; sending a message from the off-premise server to the off-premise computer image with instructions for the off-premise computer image to connect to a specific unsecure port of the off-premise server; identifying a connection to the specific unsecure port of the off-premise server within a selected time interval; verifying the recorded address of the off-premise computer image; sending from the off-premise server a message to an on-premise connector to transmit the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component if the off-premise computer image is verified and the connection is identified within the selected time interval; and transmitting the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Paul M. Evans, Paul F. Klein
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Patent number: 9596229Abstract: A method for transmitting data from an on-premise component to an off-premise computer image includes: sending a message from the off-premise computer image to an off-premise server and recording an address of the off-premise computer image; sending a message from the off-premise server to the off-premise computer image with instructions for the off-premise computer image to connect to a specific unsecure port of the off-premise server; identifying a connection to the specific unsecure port of the off-premise server within a selected time interval; verifying the recorded address of the off-premise computer image; sending from the off-premise server a message to an on-premise connector to transmit the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component if the off-premise computer image is verified and the connection is identified within the selected time interval; and transmitting the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Paul M. Evans, Paul F. Klein
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Publication number: 20170047131Abstract: A method of determining the bow and twist of a nuclear fuel assembly that utilizes fiber optic shape sensing technology enclosed within a flexible sheath that transmits strain on the interior walls of a control rod guide thimble within the fuel assembly to a fiber cable of the shape sensing technology enclosed within the sheath. The sheath conforms to the interior dimensions of the interior walls of the guide thimble.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Paul M. Evans, Benjamin T. Burnette
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Patent number: 9419984Abstract: A method for transmitting data from an on-premise component to an off-premise computer image includes: sending a message from the off-premise computer image to an off-premise server and recording an address of the off-premise computer image; sending a message from the off-premise server to the off-premise computer image with instructions for the off-premise computer image to connect to a specific unsecure port of the off-premise server; identifying a connection to the specific unsecure port of the off-premise server within a selected time interval; verifying the recorded address of the off-premise computer image; sending from the off-premise server a message to an on-premise connector to transmit the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component if the off-premise computer image is verified and the connection is identified within the selected time interval; and transmitting the requested data using the specific unsecure port of the on-premise component.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Paul M. Evans, Paul F. Klein
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Patent number: 9009324Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Publication number: 20140143211Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Patent number: 8681929Abstract: A fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor that employs dissimilar materials for the fuel assembly grid and the control rod guide thimbles. The guide thimbles are secured to the grid employing a through grid cell sleeve that is welded to the grid and spot weld rings that are secured over the sleeve and welded directly to the guide tube through windows in the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Paul M. Evans, Harry A. Pearce, Michael A. Marzean, David A. Boatwright
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Patent number: 8645543Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Patent number: 8369475Abstract: A nuclear fuel assembly support grid formed from an array of a plurality of orthogonally arranged straps in an egg-crate configuration with angled trailing and/or leading edges that are designed to break the correlation of vortices shed from the edges of the grid straps by varying the phase of the vortices to avoid resonant vibration of the straps.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Yong (Roger) Lu, Xiaoyan (Jane) Jiang, Michael E. Conner, Paul M. Evans
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Publication number: 20120096163Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ling-Ching W. Tai, Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans
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Publication number: 20110002436Abstract: A nuclear fuel assembly support grid formed from an array of a plurality of orthogonally arranged straps in an egg-crate configuration with angled trailing and/or leading edges that are designed to break the correlation of vortices shed from the edges of the grid straps by varying the phase of the vortices to avoid resonant vibration of the straps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Yong (Roger) Lu, Xiaoyan (Jane) Jiang, Michael E. Conner, Paul M. Evans
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Publication number: 20110002435Abstract: A nuclear fuel assembly support grid formed from an array of a plurality of orthogonally arranged straps in an egg-crate configuration with angled trailing and/or leading edges that are designed to break the correlation of vortices shed from the edges of the grid straps by varying the phase of the vortices to avoid resonant vibration of the straps.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2009Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company, LLCInventors: Yong Roger LU, Xiaoyan Jane Jiang, Michael E. Conner, Paul M. Evans