Patents by Inventor Wade MARKHAM

Wade MARKHAM 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).

  • Method and device for replacing sleeves lining nuclear reactor pressure vessel tubes
    Patent number: 12243658
    Abstract: A method for restraining a sleeve lining a tube passing through a nuclear reactor pressure vessel is provided. The method includes attaching in situ a radial protrusion on an external surface of the sleeve; and attaching a collar to an end of the tube and coupling the radial protrusion with the collar to retain the thermal sleeve in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventors: Wade Markham, Ryan Melcher
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPLACING SLEEVES LINING NUCLEAR REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL TUBES
    Publication number: 20230170103
    Abstract: A method for restraining a sleeve lining a tube passing through a nuclear reactor pressure vessel is provided. The method includes attaching in situ a radial protrusion on an external surface of the sleeve; and attaching a collar to an end of the tube and coupling the radial protrusion with the collar to retain the thermal sleeve in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Wade Markham, Ryan Melcher
  • Method and device for replacing sleeves lining nuclear reactor pressure vessel tubes
    Patent number: 11594343
    Abstract: A method for restraining a sleeve lining a tube passing through a nuclear reactor pressure vessel is provided. The method includes attaching in situ a radial protrusion on an external surface of the sleeve; and attaching a collar to an end of the tube and coupling the radial protrusion with the collar to retain the thermal sleeve in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Framatome Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Markham, Ryan Melcher
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPLACING SLEEVES LINING NUCLEAR REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL TUBES
    Publication number: 20210125739
    Abstract: A method for restraining a sleeve lining a tube passing through a nuclear reactor pressure vessel is provided. The method includes attaching in situ a radial protrusion on an external surface of the sleeve; and attaching a collar to an end of the tube and coupling the radial protrusion with the collar to retain the thermal sleeve in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Wade MARKHAM, Ryan MELCHER