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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel P. Speaker, San Antonio, TX (US);
Albert J. Parvin, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Nathan B. Hall, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29K 55/02 (2006.01); B29K 509/04 (2006.01); B29K 505/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/0081 (2013.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.08); B29K 2055/02 (2013.01); B29K 2505/08 (2013.01); B29K 2509/04 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0011 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of additive manufacturing as applied to radiation shielding. In particular, additive manufacturing formulations are described which provide shielding for neutron and photon radiation and which can extend the useful operation life of remote sensing devices utilized to conduct surveillance and inspection work where such radiation fields are present.