US Patent Issued to NuScale Power on Jan. 27 for "Closures for pressure vessels, and associated systems and methods" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,111, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NuScale Power LLC (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Closures for pressure vessels, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Tamas R. Liszkai (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pressure vessels and closures for pressure vessels, such as for use in nuclear reactor systems, are described herein. A representative pressure vessel includes (i) a first enclosure including a first flange having a lower surface and a first inner surface, and (ii) a second enclosure including a second flange having an upper surface and a second inner surface. The pressure vessel can further include a sealing me...