Patents by Inventor Ralph W. Klug

Ralph W. Klug 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).

  • Patent number: 4702878
    Abstract: A device for searching and retrieving objects on a tube sheet of a steam generator which includes a sled having a probe and a gripper thereon and connected to a flexible tube having control means therein for operating the probe and the gripper whereby the sled and flexible tube may be inserted through a handhole of the generator to an operating position on the tube sheet. Both the probe and the gripper may be angularly rotated to manipulate them between the tubes of the steam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Ralph W. Klug, Charles E. Toler, John A. Rylatt
  • Patent number: 4616498
    Abstract: A rotopeening apparatus comprising a plurality of peening spindles, a rotary and orbital drive assembly coupled to the spindles, and an oscillatory drive means for reciprocating the spindles within the interior of an array of tubes is disclosed herein. Each peening spindle includes a rotatable mandrel connected to at least one peening flapper, as well as means for orbiting the mandrel peening flapper around the longitudinal axis of the tube. The rotary and orbital drive assembly includes an orbital driveshaft and a rotary driveshaft which are concentrically disposed with respect to one another and are detachably connectable to the rotatable and orbital mandrel of the peening spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Bruce W. Bevilacqua, Ralph W. Klug, David C. Carlsen, Dennis J. Dinucci