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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:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G. Cornog, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kevin Tu, Torrance, CA (US);
Roderick A. Bulante, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/52 ; H01J 2/946 ; G21C 1/100 ; G21F 1/00 ; G21F 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/52 ; H01J 2/946 ; G21C 1/100 ; G21F 1/00 ; G21F 3/04 ;
Abstract
A housing and the structure within its interior is protected by spraying a protective coating overlying and contacting at least a portion of the housing. The protective coating is an ionizing radiation protective material such as a neutron-shielding material, a gamma-ray/X-ray shielding material, and a capture gamma-ray suppression material. The protective coating is at least about 0.020 inch thick.