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Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2010
Applicants:

Charles J. Roslund, Murrysville, PA (US);

Louis G. Ottobre, Murrysville, PA (US);

Christopher P. Meier, Export, PA (US);

Jonathan E. Baisch, Export, PA (US);

Jay B. Metha, Monroeville, PA (US);

Fred H. Bednar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Rololfo I. Pinal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Charles J. Roslund, Murrysville, PA (US);

Louis G. Ottobre, Murrysville, PA (US);

Christopher P. Meier, Export, PA (US);

Jonathan E. Baisch, Export, PA (US);

Jay B. Metha, Monroeville, PA (US);

Fred H. Bednar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Rololfo I. Pinal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A digital rod control system that employs separate power modules to energize the respective coils of a magnetic jack control rod drive rod drive system so that two, independently powered grippers can simultaneously support the control rod drive rod when it is not in motion to avoid dropped rods. The basic building block of the system is two or more selecting cabinets which receive multiplex power from at least one moving cabinet and are under the control of a single logic cabinet. Each of the cabinets include monitoring features to confirm the reliability of the system.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Roslund, Charles. (2014). Digital nuclear control rod control system (U.S. Patent No. 8670515). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8670515

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