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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
David C. Anderson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Amelia M. Elliott, Cleveland, TN (US);
Bianca Haberl, Kingston, TN (US);
Garrett E. Granroth, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 11/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/336 (2017.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 11/028 (2013.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/336 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
Collimators and other components for use in neutron scattering experiments or to provide neutron shielding in nuclear reactors or accelerator based neutron sources are produced by additive manufacturing from multiple different types of material, such as boron carbide (BC), steel, isotopically enriched boron carbide (BC), and blends thereof.