Patents by Inventor Richard A. Kochendarfer

Richard A. Kochendarfer 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).

  • Reactor power peaking information display
    Patent number: 4568513
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and displaying those operating parameters of a nuclear reactor which pertain to the core power distribution is disclosed. An incore system of detectors (24) provides power peaking data to a power peaking margin display system (16) which determines the operational limit line for the reactor core. The positions of the axial power shaping rods and the regulating rods are determined and are shown graphically by means of a cursor on a visual display (18) on which is superimposed the operational limit line determined by the power peaking margin system (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Theodore L. Book, Richard A. Kochendarfer