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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Bwxt Advanced Technologies Llc, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Scott J. Shargots, Forest, VA (US);
Ryan Z. Ziegler, Forest, VA (US);
Jason C. Brown, Lynchburg, VA (US);
David K. Haslet, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Emily D. Fleming, Forest, VA (US);
BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A control rod drive mechanism having a torque tube, a control rod assembly including a connecting rod and a spider, a lock cam assembly rotatably secured to a bottom end of the connecting rod and including a locking cam, and a locking collar disposed non-rotatably within the spider, the locking collar including a locking recess with an entry slot, wherein in a first axial position the lock cam assembly is rotatable with respect to the torque tube, and a second axial position the lock cam assembly is non-rotatable with respect to the torque tube.