Patents by Inventor Ross F. Radel
Ross F. Radel 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).
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Publication number: 20230417233Abstract: Provided herein are articles of manufacture, systems, and methods employing a gas-deflector plate in low to ultra-high vacuum systems that use differential pumping (e.g., gas-target particle accelerators, mass spectrometers, and windowless delivery ports). In certain embodiments, the gas-deflector plate is configured to be positioned between higher and lower pressure regions in a pressurized system, wherein the gas-deflector plate has a channel therethrough shaped and/or angled such that jetting gas moving through the channel enters the lower pressure region at an angle offset from the vertical axis of the gas-deflector plate and/or the channel. In other embodiments, a jet-deflector component is employed such that the jetting gas strikes such jet-deflector component and is re-directed in another direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Arne V. Kobernik, Brandon A. Jackson, Thomas C. Bonde, Tye Gribb, Ross F. Radel
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Patent number: 11795929Abstract: Provided herein are articles of manufacture, systems, and methods employing a gas-deflector plate in low to ultra-high vacuum systems that use differential pumping (e.g., gas-target particle accelerators, mass spectrometers, and windowless delivery ports). In certain embodiments, the gas-deflector plate is configured to be positioned between higher and lower pressure regions in a pressurized system, wherein the gas-deflector plate has a channel therethrough shaped and/or angled such that jetting gas moving through the channel enters the lower pressure region at an angle offset from the vertical axis of the gas-deflector plate and/or the channel. In other embodiments, a jet-deflector component is employed such that the jetting gas strikes such jet-deflector component and is re-directed in another direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SHINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Arne V. Kobernik, Brandon A Jackson, Thomas C. Bonde, Tye Gribb, Ross F. Radel
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Patent number: 11728055Abstract: A system and method for performing active scanning on a nuclear fuel rod are provided. The system includes an electrically-driven neutron generator including an ion source, an accelerator, and a target; a moderator surrounding the neutron generator and configured to moderate neutrons generated by the neutron generator; a fuel rod channel disposed within the moderator, the fuel rod channel configured to receive a nuclear fuel rod and subject the nuclear fuel rod to a predetermined neutron flux; and a plurality of radiation detectors. When the nuclear fuel rod is subjected to the predetermined neutron flux, neutrons induce a secondary radiation of prompt and delayed gamma emissions, neutron emission, or a combination thereof that are detected by the plurality of radiation detectors to determine an amount of fissile material in the nuclear fuel rod and a spatial distribution of the fissile material along a length of the nuclear fuel rod.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SHINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Evan R. Sengbusch, Arne V. Kobernik, Eli C. Moll, Christopher M. Seyfert, Ross F. Radel, Mark Thomas, Jake Hecla
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Publication number: 20210280329Abstract: A system and method for performing active scanning on a nuclear fuel rod are provided. The system includes an electrically-driven neutron generator including an ion source, an accelerator, and a target; a moderator surrounding the neutron generator and configured to moderate neutrons generated by the neutron generator; a fuel rod channel disposed within the moderator, the fuel rod channel configured to receive a nuclear fuel rod and subject the nuclear fuel rod to a predetermined neutron flux; and a plurality of radiation detectors. When the nuclear fuel rod is subjected to the predetermined neutron flux, neutrons induce a secondary radiation of prompt and delayed gamma emissions, neutron emission, or a combination thereof that are detected by the plurality of radiation detectors to determine an amount of fissile material in the nuclear fuel rod and a spatial distribution of the fissile material along a length of the nuclear fuel rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: EVAN R. SENGBUSCH, ARNE V. KOBERNIK, ELI C. MOLL, CHRISTOPHER M. SEYFERT, ROSS F. RADEL, MARK THOMAS, JAKE HECLA
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Patent number: 10950409Abstract: A negative ion source includes a plasma chamber, a microwave source, a negative ion converter, a magnetic filter and a beam formation mechanism. The plasma chamber contains gas to be ionized. The microwave source transmits microwaves to the plasma chamber to ionize the gas into atomic species including hyperthermal neutral atoms. The negative ion converter converts the hyperthermal neutral atoms to negative ions. The magnetic filter reduces a temperature of an electron density provided between the plasma chamber and the negative ion converter. The beam formation mechanism extract the negative ions.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: PHOENIX LLCInventors: Joseph D. Sherman, Evan R. Sengbusch, Ross F. Radel, Arne V. Kobernik, Tye T. Gribb, Preston J. Barrows, Christopher M. Seyfert, Logan D. Campbell, Daniel J. Swanson, Eric D. Risley, Jin W. Lee, Kevin D. Meaney
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Publication number: 20210017972Abstract: Provided herein are articles of manufacture, systems, and methods employing a gas-deflector plate in low to ultra-high vacuum systems that use differential pumping (e.g., gas-target particle accelerators, mass spectrometers, and windowless delivery ports). In certain embodiments, the gas-deflector plate is configured to be positioned between higher and lower pressure regions in a pressurized system, wherein the gas-deflector plate has a channel therethrough shaped and/or angled such that jetting gas moving through the channel enters the lower pressure region at an angle offset from the vertical axis of the gas-deflector plate and/or the channel. In other embodiments, a jet-deflector component is employed such that the jetting gas strikes such jet-deflector component and is re-directed in another direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Arne V. Kobernik, Brandon A Jackson, Thomas C. Bonde, Tye Gribb, Ross F. Radel
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Patent number: 10896768Abstract: The present application relates generally to the field of performing active scanning of a nuclear fuel rod to identify variations in enrichment along a length of the fuel rod. More specifically, the present application relates to systems and methods for performing active scanning of a nuclear fuel rod.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: PHOENIX LLCInventors: Evan R. Sengbusch, Arne V. Kobernik, Eli C. Moll, Christopher M. Seyfert, Ross F. Radel, Mark Thomas, Jake Hecla
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Publication number: 20190279835Abstract: A negative ion source includes a plasma chamber, a microwave source, a negative ion converter, a magnetic filter and a beam formation mechanism. The plasma chamber contains gas to be ionized. The microwave source transmits microwaves to the plasma chamber to ionize the gas into atomic species including hyperthermal neutral atoms. The negative ion converter converts the hyperthermal neutral atoms to negative ions. The magnetic filter reduces a temperature of an electron density provided between the plasma chamber and the negative ion converter. The beam formation mechanism extract the negative ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Joseph D. Sherman, Evan R. Sengbusch, Ross F. Radel, Arne V. Kobernik, Tye T. Gribb, Preston J. Barrows, Christopher M. Seyfert, Logan D. Campbell, Daniel J. Swanson, Eric D. Risley, Jin W. Lee, Kevin D. Meaney
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Patent number: 10297412Abstract: A negative ion source includes a plasma chamber, a microwave source, a negative ion converter, a magnetic filter and a beam formation mechanism. The plasma chamber contains gas to be ionized. The microwave source transmits microwaves to the plasma chamber to ionize the gas into atomic species including hyperthermal neutral atoms. The negative ion converter converts the hyperthermal neutral atoms to negative ions. The magnetic filter reduces a temperature of an electron density provided between the plasma chamber and the negative ion converter. The beam formation mechanism extract the negative ions.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: PHOENIX LLCInventors: Joseph D. Sherman, Evan R. Sengbusch, Ross F. Radel, Arne V. Kobernik, Tye T. Gribb, Preston J. Barrows, Christopher M. Seyfert, Logan D. Campbell, Daniel J. Swanson, Eric D. Risley, Jin W. Lee, Kevin D. Meaney
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Publication number: 20180122615Abstract: A negative ion source includes a plasma chamber, a microwave source, a negative ion converter, a magnetic filter and a beam formation mechanism. The plasma chamber contains gas to be ionized. The microwave source transmits microwaves to the plasma chamber to ionize the gas into atomic species including hyperthermal neutral atoms. The negative ion converter converts the hyperthermal neutral atoms to negative ions. The magnetic filter reduces a temperature of an electron density provided between the plasma chamber and the negative ion converter. The beam formation mechanism extract the negative ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Joseph D. Sherman, Evan R. Sengbusch, Ross F. Radel, Arne V. Kobernik, Tye T. Gribb, Preston J. Barrows, Christopher M. Seyfert, Logan D. Campbell, Daniel J. Swanson, Eric D. Risley, Jin W. Lee, Kevin D. Meaney
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Patent number: 9847205Abstract: A negative ion source includes a plasma chamber, a microwave source, a negative ion converter, a magnetic filter and a beam formation mechanism. The plasma chamber contains gas to be ionized. The microwave source transmits microwaves to the plasma chamber to ionize the gas into atomic species including hyperthermal neutral atoms. The negative ion converter converts the hyperthermal neutral atoms to negative ions. The magnetic filter reduces a temperature of electrons provided between the plasma chamber and the negative ion converter. The beam formation mechanism extracts the negative ions.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: PHOENIX LLCInventors: Joseph D. Sherman, Evan R. Sengbusch, Ross F. Radel, Arne V. Kobernik, Tye T. Gribb, Preston J. Barrows, Christopher M. Seyfert, Logan D. Campbell, Daniel J. Swanson, Eric D. Risley, Jin W. Lee, Kevin D. Meaney
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Publication number: 20170358375Abstract: A system and method for performing active scanning on a nuclear fuel rod are provided. The system includes an electrically-driven neutron generator including an ion source, an accelerator, and a target; a moderator surrounding the neutron generator and configured to moderate neutrons generated by the neutron generator; a fuel rod channel disposed within the moderator, the fuel rod channel configured to receive a nuclear fuel rod and subject the nuclear fuel rod to a predetermined neutron flux; and a plurality of radiation detectors. When the nuclear fuel rod is subjected to the predetermined neutron flux, neutrons induce a secondary radiation of prompt and delayed gamma emissions, neutron emission, or a combination thereof that are detected by the plurality of radiation detectors to determine an amount of fissile material in the nuclear fuel rod and a spatial distribution of the fissile material along a length of the nuclear fuel rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: EVAN R. SENGBUSCH, ARNE V. KOBERNIK, ELI C. MOLL, CHRISTOPHER M. SEYFERT, ROSS F. RADEL, MARK THOMAS, JAKE HECLA
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Patent number: 9745899Abstract: Various technologies pertaining to tuning composition of a fluid mixture in a supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system are described herein. Compounds, such as Alkanes, are selectively added or removed from an operating fluid of the supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system to cause the critical temperature of the fluid to move up or down, depending upon environmental conditions. As efficiency of the supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system is substantially optimized when heat is rejected near the critical temperature of the fluid, dynamically modifying the critical temperature of the fluid based upon sensed environmental conditions improves efficiency of such a system.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Steven A. Wright, Paul S. Pickard, Milton E. Vernon, Ross F. Radel
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Publication number: 20160163495Abstract: A negative ion source includes a plasma chamber, a microwave source, a negative ion converter, a magnetic filter and a beam formation mechanism. The plasma chamber contains gas to be ionized. The microwave source transmits microwaves to the plasma chamber to ionize the gas into atomic species including hyperthermal neutral atoms. The negative ion converter converts the hyperthermal neutral atoms to negative ions. The magnetic filter reduces a temperature of electrons provided between the plasma chamber and the negative ion converter. The beam formation mechanism extracts the negative ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: Phoenix Nuclear Labs LLCInventors: Joseph D. Sherman, Evan R. Sengbusch, Ross F. Radel, Arne V. Kobernik, Tye T. Gribb, Preston J. Barrows, Christopher M. Seyfert, Logan D. Campbell, Daniel J. Swanson, Eric D. Risley, Jin W. Lee, Kevin D. Meaney
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Publication number: 20130033044Abstract: Various technologies pertaining to tuning composition of a fluid mixture in a supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system are described herein. Compounds, such as Alkanes, are selectively added or removed from an operating fluid of the supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system to cause the critical temperature of the fluid to move up or down, depending upon environmental conditions. As efficiency of the supercritical Brayton cycle power generation system is substantially optimized when heat is rejected near the critical temperature of the fluid, dynamically modifying the critical temperature of the fluid based upon sensed environmental conditions improves efficiency of such a system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Steven A. Wright, Paul S. Pickard, Milton E. Vernon, Ross F. Radel