Patents by Inventor Peter Leombruni

Peter Leombruni 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).

  • Fuel transfer tube quick operating remote closure device
    Patent number: 5625655
    Abstract: A nuclear power plant fuel transfer tube quick operating remote closure device (10) comprised of a reducing ring (20) and a cover assembly (60). The reducing ring (20) is bolted to the transfer tube housing flange (12). Rotation of a chuck key advances jaws on the cover assembly (60) which feed closure latches (78) into a groove (40) on the reducing ring (20). The upper surface (80) of each latch (78) has a bevelled surface (82) corresponding to a bevelled surface (42) of the groove (40). As the latches (78) engage the groove bevelled surface (42), the entire cover assembly (60) is uniformly drawn toward the reducing ring (20). Machined seal faces (13, 30, 44, 68) and O rings (36, 74) provide a fluid and air tight seal between the transfer tube housing flange (12) and the sealing ring (20) and between the cover assembly (60) and the sealing ring (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis X. McDonald, Scott A. Kendrick, Edward F. Lamoureux, Peter Leombruni, Edward G. Sirica, Frank J. Formanek