Patents by Inventor Per Seltborg

Per Seltborg 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).

  • Control rod for a nuclear power light water reactor
    Patent number: 9230696
    Abstract: The invention concerns a control rod configured for a nuclear power light water reactor of the BWR or PWR kind. The control rod contains absorber material. At least 50%, with respect to weight, of the absorber material that is in the control rod is in the form of hafnium hydride. The invention also concerns the use of such a control rod during operation in a nuclear power light water reactor of the BWR or PWR kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB
    Inventors: Per Seltborg, Lars Hallstadius, Björn Rebensdorff
  • CONTROL ROD FOR A NUCLEAR POWER LIGHT WATER REACTOR
    Publication number: 20130051510
    Abstract: The invention concerns a control rod configured for a nuclear power light water reactor of the BWR or PWR kind. The control rod contains absorber material. At least 50%, with respect to weight, of the absorber material that is in the control rod is in the form of hafnium hydride. The invention also concerns the use of such a control rod during operation in a nuclear power light water reactor of the BWR or PWR kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per Seltborg, Lars Hallstadius, Björn Rebensdorff