Patents by Inventor Richard E. Kingston

Richard E. Kingston 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).

  • Publication number: 20020122527
    Abstract: The control rod includes an upper absorber section and a lower velocity limiter comprised of a socket, a vane, a transition piece and a set of fins. To adjust the weight of the control rod, lighter and heavier sets of fins, as well as lighter and heavier transition pieces are provided. By suitable selection of the lighter and heavier sets of fins and the lighter and heavier transition pieces, the weight of the velocity limiter can be selectively adjusted in accordance with the weights of differently designed sections to obtain a predetermined control rod weight. Additionally, the heavier transition piece may have material removed therefrom to decrease its weight to provide an infinite adjustment of weight within a predetermined range of weights for the velocity limiter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas F. Carter, James E. Holden, Richard E. Kingston, Gary S. Martin, John G. Pistolis, James F. McLeod, Michael J. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 6396893
    Abstract: The control rod includes an upper absorber section and a lower velocity limiter comprised of a socket, a vane, a transition piece and a set of fins. To adjust the weight of the control rod, lighter and heavier sets of fins, as well as lighter and heavier transition pieces are provided. By suitable selection of the lighter and heavier sets of fins and the lighter and heavier transition pieces, the weight of the velocity limiter can be selectively adjusted in accordance with the weights of differently designed sections to obtain a predetermined control rod weight. Additionally, the heavier transition piece may have material removed therefrom to decrease its weight to provide an infinite adjustment of weight within a predetermined range of weights for the velocity limiter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas F. Carter, James E. Holden, Richard E. Kingston, Gary S. Martin, John G. Pistolis, James F. McLeod, Michael J. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5883931
    Abstract: A control rod includes four panels in cruciform section each containing a plurality of absorber tubes. The absorber tubes are mounted between upper and lower mounting structures having generally T-shaped slots opening toward one another. The absorber tubes have generally T-shaped end plugs for reception in the slots. The slots and end plugs are configured to permit limited axial movement of each absorber tube relative to the control rod and to adjacent tubes. The absorber tubes are maintained in tension during all nuclear operations including during a scram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James E. Holden, Gary S. Martin, Robert B. Elkins, Dennis D. Kessen, Locksley V. Hampton, Ararat Pogosian, Michael J. Sullivan, Thomas G. Dunlap, Richard E. Kingston