Patents by Inventor William Aaron Morrison

William Aaron Morrison 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 FOR INSPECTING CORE SHROUD USING REMOTE OPERATED VEHICLE (ROV)
    Publication number: 20210125738
    Abstract: The method includes installing a system for inspecting the core shroud on the core shroud, driving the system horizontally around the core shroud, and using a sensor of the system to inspect the core shroud, where the system includes a trolley, an arm, a tether, and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for inspecting the core shroud. The ROV includes a body configured to be operatively connected to the tether, and the sensor is configured to be operatively connected to the body, and configured to provide inspection information of the core shroud. The arm is configured to be operatively connected to the trolley. The ROV is configured to be operatively connected to the arm via the tether, and the tether is configured to provide vertical position information for the ROV relative to the outer surface of the core shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Carl VIGLIANO, William Aaron MORRISON, Edmund S. MERCIER
  • Apparatus for inspecting nuclear reactor and method thereof
    Patent number: 10290380
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclose an apparatus for inspecting welds in a nuclear reactor. The apparatus may include a body, a rotatable pad on the body, a pair of opposing horizontal pads for moving the device in a vertical direction, a pair of opposing vertical pads for moving the device in a horizontal direction, and an inspection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GE—HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
    Inventor: William Aaron Morrison
  • APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING NUCLEAR REACTOR AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170186504
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclose an apparatus for inspecting welds in a nuclear reactor. The apparatus may include a body, a rotatable pad on the body, a pair of opposing horizontal pads for moving the device in a vertical direction, a pair of opposing vertical pads for moving the device in a horizontal direction, and an inspection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventor: William Aaron Morrison