Patents by Inventor Richard A. Kucera

Richard A. Kucera 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).

  • Cleaning and excavating tool for control rod canopy seals
    Patent number: 5075071
    Abstract: A device for cleaning and servicing a weld site about the periphery of a extending control rod drive mechanism and adapter tube including a housing adapted to be positioned adjacent to and rotated about the periphery of the control rod drive mechanism and a carriage assembly including an inner and outer portion reciprocably received within the housing is provided. Mounted within the housing is a first drive motor for driving a threaded lead screw rotatably mounted within the housing with an internally threaded follower secured to the carriage assembly and mating with the threaded lead screw for reciprocating the carriage assembly relative to the housing in a direction substantially parallel to the control rod drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Richard A. Kucera