Michael E Conner

Address:

3 Fetterbush Ct, Elgin, SC 29045

Phone:

8032682684

VIN:

5FNRL38697B076420

Make:

HONDA

Model:

ODYSSEY

Year:

2007

US Patent:

8369475, Feb 5, 2013

Filed:

Oct 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/609259

Inventors:

Yong (Roger) Lu - Columbia SC, US
Xiaoyan (Jane) Jiang - Columbia SC, US
Michael E. Conner - Elgin SC, US
Paul M. Evans - Chapin SC, US

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC - Cranberry Township PA

International Classification:

G21C 3/352
G21C 3/34
G21C 3/00

US Classification:

376438, 376409, 376426, 376434

Abstract:

A nuclear fuel assembly support grid formed from an array of a plurality of orthogonally arranged straps in an egg-crate configuration with angled trailing and/or leading edges that are designed to break the correlation of vortices shed from the edges of the grid straps by varying the phase of the vortices to avoid resonant vibration of the straps.

US Patent:

8537962, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Feb 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/028119

Inventors:

Keith J. Drudy - New Kensington PA, US
William R. Carlson - Pittsburgh PA, US
Michael E. Conner - Elgin SC, US
Mark Goldenfield - Columbia SC, US
Michael J. Hone - New Alexandria PA, US
Jerod Parkinson - Lexington SC, US
Radu O. Pomirleanu - Monroeville PA, US

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC - Cranberry Township PA

International Classification:

G21C 7/08
G21C 7/10
G21C 7/103

US Classification:

376327, 376339

Abstract:

An advanced gray rod control assembly (GRCA) for a nuclear reactor. The GRCA provides controlled insertion of gray rod assemblies into the reactor, thereby controlling the rate of power produced by the reactor and providing reactivity control at full power. Each gray rod assembly includes an elongated tubular member, a primary neutron-absorber disposed within the tubular member said neutron-absorber comprising an absorber material, preferably tungsten, having a 2200 m/s neutron absorption microscopic capture cross-section of from 10 to 30 barns. An internal support tube can be positioned between the primary absorber and the tubular member as a secondary absorber to enhance neutron absorption, absorber depletion, assembly weight, and assembly heat transfer characteristics.

US Patent:

20070206717, Sep 6, 2007

Filed:

Mar 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/366964

Inventors:

Michael Conner - Elgin SC, US
Zeses Karoutas - Simsbury CT, US
Milorad Dzodzo - Monroeville PA, US
Bin Liu - Pittsburgh PA, US
Paul Joffre - Colchester CT, US
Dmitry Paramonov - Monroeville PA, US
Levie Smith - Columbia SC, US

Assignee:

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC - Monroeville PA

International Classification:

G21C 3/34

US Classification:

376438000

Abstract:

A fuel assembly for a pressurized water reactor that includes a bottom nozzle, a plurality of elongated guide thimbles projecting upwardly from the bottom nozzle, an array of fuel rods, a plurality of support grids axially spaced along the guide thimbles, and at least two Intermediate Flow Mixing grids, which may have different configurations of mixing device formations, disposed between pairs of non-uniformly spaced, adjacent support grids at selected locations.

US Patent:

20110002435, Jan 6, 2011

Filed:

Jul 1, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/495873

Inventors:

Yong Roger LU - Columbia SC, US
Xiaoyan Jane Jiang - Columbia SC, US
Michael E. Conner - Elgin SC, US
Paul M. Evans - Chapin SC, US

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC - Cranberry Township PA

International Classification:

G21C 3/34

US Classification:

376442

Abstract:

A nuclear fuel assembly support grid formed from an array of a plurality of orthogonally arranged straps in an egg-crate configuration with angled trailing and/or leading edges that are designed to break the correlation of vortices shed from the edges of the grid straps by varying the phase of the vortices to avoid resonant vibration of the straps.