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Patent No.:

US 8811562 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2010

Control rod drive mechanism for nuclear reactor

Applicant:

Paul K. Desantis, Bentleyville, OH (US);

Inventor:

Paul K. DeSantis, Bentleyville, OH (US);

Assignee:

Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., Euclid, OH (US);

Attorneys:

Michael J. Seymour

Eric Marich

Primary Examiner:

Jack W Keith

Assistant Examiner:

Sharon M Davis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) comprises a lead screw, a motor threadedly coupled with the lead screw to linearly drive the lead screw in an insertion direction or an opposite withdrawal direction, a latch assembly secured with the lead screw and configured to (i) latch to a connecting rod and to (ii) unlatch from the connecting rod, the connecting rod being free to move in the insertion direction when unlatched, and a release mechanism configured to selectively unlatch the latch assembly from the connecting rod.

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DeSantis, Paul. (2014). Control rod drive mechanism for nuclear reactor (U.S. Patent No. 8811562). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8811562

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