Patents by Inventor Sean M. McDeavitt

Sean M. McDeavitt 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).

  • Nuclear fuel and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 9941025
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel includes a volume of a nuclear fuel material defined by a surface, the nuclear fuel material including a plurality of grains, some of the plurality of grains having a characteristic length along at least one dimension that is smaller than or equal to a selected distance, wherein the selected distance is suitable for maintaining adequate diffusion of a fission product from a grain interior to a grain boundary in some of the grains, the nuclear fuel material including a boundary network configured to transport the fission product from at least one grain boundary of some of the grains to the surface of the volume of the nuclear fuel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventors: Charles E. Ahlfeld, William W. Bowen, Roderick A. Hyde, Ronald L. Klueh, Sean M. McDeavitt, Joshua C. Walter, Steven R. Kirkendall
  • Nuclear fuel and method of fabricating the same
    Publication number: 20120257707
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel includes a volume of a nuclear fuel material defined by a surface, the nuclear fuel material including a plurality of grains, some of the plurality of grains having a characteristic length along at least one dimension that is smaller than or equal to a selected distance, wherein the selected distance is suitable for maintaining adequate diffusion of a fission product from a grain interior to a grain boundary in some of the grains, the nuclear fuel material including a boundary network configured to transport the fission product from at least one grain boundary of some of the grains to the surface of the volume of the nuclear fuel material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Charles E. Ahlfeld, William W. Bowen, Roderick A. Hyde, Ronald L. Klueh, Sean M. McDeavitt, Joshua C. Walter, Steve R. Kirkendall