Patents by Inventor Richard C. DEVENEY

Richard C. DEVENEY 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).

  • Self-calibrating, highly accurate, long-lived, dual rhodium vanadium emitter nuclear in-core detector
    Patent number: 8445839
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for calibrating a first self-powered neutron detector for long term use in a nuclear reactor core with a second self-powered neutron detector, where the emitter material of the second self-powered neutron detector has a neutron absorption cross-section that is greater than the neutron absorption cross-section of the first emitter material for the first self-powered neutron detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Areva NP Inc.
    Inventors: Veldon D. Holaday, Richard C. Deveney, Alexander Y. Cheng, John Wesley Davis, Wesley D. Stults
  • SELF-CALIBRATING, HIGHLY ACCURATE, LONG-LIVED, DUAL RHODIUM VANADIUM EMITTER NUCLEAR IN-CORE DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20120091327
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for calibrating a first self-powered neutron detector for long term use in a nuclear reactor core with a second self-powered neutron detector, where the emitter material of the second self-powered neutron detector has a neutron absorption cross-section that is greater than the neutron absorption cross-section of the first emitter material for the first self-powered neutron detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Veldon D. HOLADAY, Richard C. DEVENEY, Alexander Y. CHENG, John Wesley DAVIS, Wesley D. STULTS