Patents by Inventor Shane Schweiger

Shane Schweiger 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).

  • Processes, Systems and Devices for Metal-Filling of Open HTS Channels
    Publication number: 20240420875
    Abstract: Described are concepts, systems, structures and techniques for metal filling an open channel (12) in a baseplate (19). In embodiments, metal filling of an open baseplate channel is achieved using vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI). In embodiments, a compression plate (14a) is disposed over an open baseplate channel (12) to be filled with a molten metal. In embodiments, gaskets (97) are disposed between the compression plate (14a) and a surface of the baseplate (10) proximate the baseplate channel (12). In embodiments, a channel cap (26) is disposed over the open channel. In embodiments, the channel cap (26) has a solder flow channel (29, 32) provided in a surface thereof. In the embodiments, the solder flow channel (29, 32) has a meandering shape. In embodiments, a solder flow channel (29, 32?) is provided in the compression plate (14a) and/or the baseplate (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC
    Inventors: Amanda HUBBARD, Brian LABOMBARD, Richard MURRAY, James IRBY, Rui VIEIRA, William BECK, Thomas TOLAND, Vincent FRY, Shane SCHWEIGER, Amelia WATTERSON, Sarah CHAMBERLAIN, Jose ESTRADA, Theodore MOURATIDIS, Kenneth STEVENS
  • Sodium-cesium ionization detector
    Patent number: 9921184
    Abstract: Sodium-cesium detection systems and methods for the simultaneous detection of both sodium (Na) and cesium (Cs) in gas are provided. The detection systems include two non-identical ionization chambers each having an anode and a cathode that ionize Na and Cs in gas. Each ionization chamber generates a current proportional to the Na and Cs concentration and based on the current, Na concentration and Cs concentration in the gas is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Alan Corbin, David Nash, Christopher M. Regan, Shane Schweiger, Randy Thompson, Jacob Wilcox
  • SODIUM-CESIUM IONIZATION DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20170336358
    Abstract: Sodium-cesium detection systems and methods for the simultaneous detection of both sodium (Na) and cesium (Cs) in gas are provided. The detection systems include two non-identical ionization chambers each having an anode and a cathode that ionize Na and Cs in gas. Each ionization chamber generates a current proportional to the Na and Cs concentration and based on the current, Na concentration and Cs concentration in the gas is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: TerraPower, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Alan Corbin, David Nash, Christopher M. Regan, Shane Schweiger, Randy Thompson, Jacob Wilcox