Patents by Inventor Robert K. Dorosko

Robert K. Dorosko 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).

  • Patent number: 8763944
    Abstract: A take-up spool may include a first plurality of rollers arranged in a left handed helical pattern, a second plurality of rollers below the first plurality of rollers and arranged in a right handed helical pattern, a third plurality of rollers arranged in an S-shaped pattern, the third plurality of rollers being arranged between the first and second plurality of rollers, a guide configured to move vertically, the guide being arranged at a first side of the first plurality of rollers, and a clamp configured to move vertically, the clamp being arranged at a second side of the first plurality of rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. Dorosko, Colin F. Kelemen
  • Patent number: 8542790
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to jet pump inspection apparatuses including an encoded probe driver coupled to a guide funnel. In an example embodiment, the encoded probe driver and the guide funnel are located on the body of the apparatus in order to decrease the time required for inspection, thereby limiting exposure to personnel of radioactive contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. Dorosko, Jason Shawn Bates
  • Publication number: 20130099042
    Abstract: A take-up spool may include a first plurality of rollers arranged in a left handed helical pattern, a second plurality of rollers below the first plurality of rollers and arranged in a right handed helical pattern, a third plurality of rollers arranged in an S-shaped pattern, the third plurality of rollers being arranged between the first and second plurality of rollers, a guide configured to move vertically, the guide being arranged at a first side of the first plurality of rollers, and a clamp configured to move vertically, the clamp being arranged at a second side of the first plurality of rollers..
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert K. Dorosko, Colin F. Kelemen
  • Publication number: 20120033777
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to jet pump inspection apparatuses including an encoded probe driver coupled to a guide funnel. In an example embodiment, the encoded probe driver and the guide funnel are located on the body of the apparatus in order to decrease the time required for inspection, thereby limiting exposure to personnel of radioactive contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Robert K. Dorosko, Jason Shawn Bates