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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:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Nuscale Power, Llc, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Weston Pollock, Burke, VA (US);
Adam Rasmussen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Cristhian Galvez, Corvallis, OR (US);
Eric Paul Young, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeff Siegel, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Nuscale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/90 (2006.01); F22B 37/00 (2006.01); F22B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/902 (2013.01); F22B 1/162 (2013.01); F22B 37/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steam generator tube probe includes a probe head comprising an electronic probe coupled between a proximal portion of the head that is configured for entry into a steam generator tube and a distal portion of the head; and a probe shaft coupled to the distal portion of the shaft and comprising a flexible metallic conduit that comprises a plurality of interlocking portions, each interlocking portion moveably affixed to at least one adjacent interlocking portion.