Patents by Inventor Richard Forsythe Rochow

Richard Forsythe Rochow 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).

  • Unirradiated nuclear fuel component transport system
    Patent number: 8565365
    Abstract: An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly and fuel component shipping cask that employs a liner with a universal, removable, reusable axial restraint device that can accommodate various fuel assembly designs. The restraint device has a top shear plate with a groove that encircles its peripheral edge and mates with corresponding rails on each of the walls of the liner. The top shear plate includes an anchoring mechanism for supporting a side of the top shear plate against an abutting side of a stationary wall of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian E. Hempy, Richard Forsythe Rochow
  • UNIRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL COMPONENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120099693
    Abstract: An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly and fuel component shipping cask that employs a liner with a universal, removable, reusable axial restraint device that can accommodate various fuel assembly designs. The restraint device has a top shear plate with a groove that encircles its peripheral edge and mates with corresponding rails on each of the walls of the liner. The top shear plate includes an anchoring mechanism for supporting a side of the top shear plate against an abutting side of a stationary wall of the liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian E. Hempy, Richard Forsythe Rochow
  • Unirradiated nuclear fuel component transport system
    Patent number: 7474726
    Abstract: An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly component transport system that includes a clamshell-type inner liner that opens either along its axial dimension or from the top to load and unload the fuel assembly being transported. The exterior dimensions of the liner conform to a generic overpack tubular container that protects the liner from impact loads and fires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Co LLC
    Inventors: Brian E. Hempy, John Dexter Malloy, III, Richard Forsythe Rochow
  • UNIRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL COMPONENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080203327
    Abstract: An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly component transport system that includes a clamshell-type inner liner that opens either along its axial dimension or from the top to load and unload the fuel assembly being transported. The exterior dimensions of the liner conform to a generic overpack tubular container that protects the liner from impact loads and fires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Brian E. HEMPY, John Dexter Malloy, Richard Forsythe Rochow