Patents by Inventor Wilbur L. Bunch

Wilbur L. Bunch 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).

  • Solid tags for identifying failed reactor components
    Patent number: 4657729
    Abstract: A solid tag material which generates stable detectable, identifiable, and measurable isotopic gases on exposure to a neutron flux to be placed in a nuclear reactor component, particularly a fuel element, in order to identify the reactor component in event of its failure. Several tag materials consisting of salts which generate a multiplicity of gaseous isotopes in predetermined ratios are used to identify different reactor components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Wilbur L. Bunch, Robert E. Schenter