Primary Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
Contributing Inventor(s): Indresh Rampall, Joseph Gerald Leo Rajkumar
Date of Patent Issuance: Jan. 31, 2023
Status: Granted
Jurisdiction: US
Assignee: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023, Inc.
Equipment Type: DREAM INSERT
Docket Number: HOL-024
Application Number: 17/095,834
Patent Number: US 11,569,001 B2

Prior Publication Data: US 2021/0225537 A1, Jul. 22, 2021

Related U.S. Application Data:

  • Continuation-in-part of application No. 14/224,635, filed on Mar. 25, 2014, now Pat. No. US 10,991,472 B2, which is a division of application No. 12/645,846, filed on Dec. 23, 2009, now Pat. No. US 8,681,924 B2, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 12/432,509, filed on April 29, 2009, previously published as US 2009/0432509, and now Patent No. US 8,158,962 B1, application No. 17/095,834, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 16/436,548, filed on Jun. 10, 2019, now abandoned, which is a division of application No. 14/452,185, filed on Aug. 5, 2014, now Pat. No. 10,332,642, which is a division of application No. 12/774,944, filed on May 6, 2010, now Pat. No. 8,798,224, application No. 17/095,834, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 16/527.833, filed on Jul. 31, 2019, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 14/639,245, filed on Mar. ,5 2015, now Pat. No. 10,418,136, which is a continuation of application No. 13/092,143, filed on Apr. 21, 2011, now Pat. No. 9,001,958, application No. 17/095,834, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 16/592,765, filed on Oct. 4, 2019, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 15/713,831, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, now Pat. No. 10,472,996, which is a division of application No. 13/450,150, filed on Apr. 18, 2012, now Pat. No. 9,803,510.
  • Provisional application No. 61/048,707, filed on Apr. 29, 2008, provisional application No. 61/173,463, filed on Apr. 28, 2009, provisional application No. 61/175,899, filed on May 6, 2009, provisional application No. 61/326,460, filed on Apr. 21, 2010, provisional application No. 61/476,624, filed on Apr. 18, 2011.

Abstract: A neutron absorbing insert for use in a fuel rack and method of manufacturing the same. In ones aspect, the invention is a neutron absorbing apparatus for insertion into a fuel rack comprising: a sleeve having a first wall and a second wall, the first and second walls forming a chevron shape; and the first and second wall being a single panel of a metal matrix composite having neutron absorbing particulate reinforcement bent into the chevron shape along a crease.