Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Blue

Thomas E. Blue 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).

  • Optical fiber-based gamma calorimeter (OFBGC)
    Patent number: 12247937
    Abstract: An optical fiber-based gamma-ray calorimeter (OFBGC) sensor array which uses a thermal mass with a low thermal conductivity is provided. Advantages of the OFBGC sensor array include: 1) the number of sensors in the OFBGC sensor array is adjustable and limited only by the spatial resolution of the OFBGC sensors, within the OFBGC sensor array, and 2) the OFBGC sensor design is simpler to build than a conventional optical fiber-based gamma thermometer (OFBGT) sensor array. One purpose of the OFBGC is to determine the power distribution in nuclear reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: Ohio State Innovation Foundation, UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Blue, Anthony Birri, Christian M. Petrie
  • OPTICAL FIBER-BASED GAMMA CALORIMETER (OFBGC)
    Publication number: 20210372957
    Abstract: An optical fiber-based gamma-ray calorimeter (OFBGC) sensor array which uses a thermal mass with a low thermal conductivity is provided. Advantages of the OFBGC sensor array include: 1) the number of sensors in the OFBGC sensor array is adjustable and limited only by the spatial resolution of the OFBGC sensors, within the OFBGC sensor array, and 2) the OFBGC sensor design is simpler to build than a conventional optical fiber-based gamma thermometer (OFBGT) sensor array. One purpose of the OFBGC is to determine the power distribution in nuclear reactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas E. Blue, Anthony Birri, Christian M. Petrie