Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CRDM with separate scram latch engagement and locking
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Application No.: US14174638Application Date: 2014-02-06
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Publication No.: US10229760B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Christopher D. Dodd , Paul K. DeSantis , Kevin J. Stambaugh , Allan R. Mackovjak , John P. McLaughlin , Brett T. Goodyear , Michael J. Edwards , Matthew W. Ales
- Applicant: BWXT mPower, Inc. , BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: BWXT mPower, Inc.
- Current Assignee: BWXT mPower, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
- Main IPC: G21C7/14
- IPC: G21C7/14 ; G21C9/02
Abstract:
A control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) configured to latch onto the lifting rod of a control rod assembly and including separate latch engagement and latch holding mechanisms. A CRDM configured to latch onto the lifting rod of a control rod assembly and including a four-bar linkage closing the latch, wherein the four-bar linkage biases the latch closed under force of gravity.
Public/Granted literature
- US10056161B2 CRDM with separate scram latch engagement and locking Public/Granted day:2018-08-21
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