ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,925, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Standard Nuclear Inc. (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
"Radiation shielding for radioisotope battery-powered vehicle" was invented by Christopher Morrison (Seattle) and Danyal Turkoglu (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Radiation shielding technologies for radioisotope battery-powered vehicles to protect computer systems and humans and increase the energy efficiency, mass efficiency, and duration capability of the vehicle during operation. A radioisotope power system includes a radioisotope power unit that emits a plurality of radiation particles. The radioisotope power system further includes a radiatio...