Patents by Inventor Wesley Stults

Wesley Stults 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).

  • Self-powered in-core detector arrangement for measuring flux in a nuclear reactor core
    Patent number: 11694816
    Abstract: A self-powered in-core detector arrangement for measuring flux in a nuclear reactor core includes a first in-core detector and a second in-core detector. The first in-core detector includes a first flux detecting material, a first lead wire extending longitudinally from a first axial end of the first flux detecting material, a first insulating material surrounding outer diameters of the first flux detecting material and the first lead wire and a first sheath surrounding the first insulating material. The first sheath includes a first section surrounding the first flux detecting material and a second section surrounding the first lead wire. The first section of the first sheath has a greater outer diameter than the second section of the first sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Framatome Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Mckeag Johnson, Wesley Stults, David Roberts
  • SELF-POWERED IN-CORE DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING FLUX IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE
    Publication number: 20200105426
    Abstract: A self-powered in-core detector arrangement for measuring flux in a nuclear reactor core includes a first in-core detector and a second in-core detector. The first in-core detector includes a first flux detecting material, a first lead wire extending longitudinally from a first axial end of the first flux detecting material, a first insulating material surrounding outer diameters of the first flux detecting material and the first lead wire and a first sheath surrounding the first insulating material. The first sheath includes a first section surrounding the first flux detecting material and a second section surrounding the first lead wire. The first section of the first sheath has a greater outer diameter than the second section of the first sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ian McKeag Johnson, Wesley Stults, David Roberts