Patents by Inventor Ryan Latta

Ryan Latta 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).

  • Modeling for fuel element deformation
    Patent number: 10163534
    Abstract: A computerized system for modeling reactor fuel element and fuel design to determine the thermo-mechanical performance thereof includes a processor coupled to memory, the memory configuring the processor to execute a fuel element analysis and an output configured to communicate data that describes the thermo-mechanical performance of the fuel element and fuel design based on the fuel element performance analysis. The processor is configured to estimate the mechanical behavior of a fuel by creating separate variables for the open and closed porosity components, conducting a routine for the open and closed porosity components that processes the current state of the fuel and updates the current state and forces of each of the open and closed porosity components, and combining the updates for the current state and forces according to a weighting; and estimate the creep and swelling behavior of a cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventors: Micah Hackett, Ryan Latta, Samuel J. Miller, Gary Povirk, Mark R. Werner, Cheng Xu
  • MODELING FOR FUEL ELEMENT DEFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160379726
    Abstract: A computerized system for modeling reactor fuel element and fuel design to determine the thermo-mechanical performance thereof includes a processor coupled to memory, the memory configuring the processor to execute a fuel element analysis and an output configured to communicate data that describes the thermo-mechanical performance of the fuel element and fuel design based on the fuel element performance analysis. The processor is configured to estimate the mechanical behavior of a fuel by creating separate variables for the open and closed porosity components, conducting a routine for the open and closed porosity components that processes the current state of the fuel and updates the current state and forces of each of the open and closed porosity components, and combining the updates for the current state and forces according to a weighting; and estimate the creep and swelling behavior of a cladding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TERRAPOWER, LLC
    Inventors: Micah Hackett, Ryan Latta, Samuel J. Miller, Gary Povirk, Mark R. Werner, Cheng Xu