Patents by Inventor Ronald Knott

Ronald Knott 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).

  • FUEL ROD AND ASSEMBLY CONTAINING AN INTERNAL HYDROGEN/TRITIUM GETTER STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20090238322
    Abstract: A fuel assembly (16) for a nuclear reactor contains fuel rods (48) which contain nuclear fuel pellets (62) held in place by a spring means or a like device (64) and end plugs (56,58) where a hollow gas absorber structure (80) is also disposed within the fuel rods (48) where at least one surface of the absorber structure (80) is coated with a catalyst material (83) that absorbs and retains at least one of hydrogen and tritium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jin LIU, Ronald Knott, Ronald Kesterson, Ivan Fiero, David Mitchell, David Stucker, Yixing Sung, Robert Fetterman, Lars Hallstadius