US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on Sept. 15 for "Nuclear flux thimble irradiation target insertion and retrieval mechanism" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,388, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Nuclear flux thimble irradiation target insertion and retrieval mechanism" was invented by Lyman J. Petrosky (Latrobe, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler for connecting an irradiation target assembly to a transfer system is provided. The coupler comprises a housing and an inner assembly. The housing comprises a distal end, a proximal end and a side section defining a cavity therein. The side section comprises a plurality of side bores extending into the cavity. The inner assembly comprises an actuator body, a return member fo...