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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Bwxt Mpower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Christopher D. Dodd, Lakewood, OH (US);
Paul K. DeSantis, Bentleyville, OH (US);
Kevin J. Stambaugh, Willowick, OH (US);
Allan R. Mackovjak, Willoughby, OH (US);
John P. McLaughlin, North Royalton, OH (US);
Brett T. Goodyear, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Michael J. Edwards, Forest, VA (US);
Matthew W. Ales, Forest, VA (US);
BWXT mPower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
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.