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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:
Oct. 23, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
John T Huston, Lancaster, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376236 ; 376258 ;
Abstract
A system for determining the relative positions of control rods within a nuclear reactor is disclosed. When the position signal associated with the highest control rod in a group exceeds the position signal associated with the lowest control rod in the same group by more than a predetermined limit, an alarm and a fault indicator are activated.