Patents
US 12555693 B2: Gas equalization and management system for a molten salt nuclear reactor
- Granted
- 2026-02-17
- Filed
- 2023-08-18 application 18452011
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A molten salt reactor system includes a fuel salt system configured to circulate a molten salt through a reactor vessel. The molten salt reactor system further includes an inert gas system fluidically coupled with the fuel salt system and configured to maintain a pressurized volume in a head space of a drain tank by circulating an inert gas along a first inert gas flow path. The molten salt reactor system further includes an equalization system configured to equalize pressure between head spaces of the reactor vessel and the drain tank in response to a reactor shutdown event. The inert gas system is configured to cease maintenance of the pressurized volume in response to the reactor shutdown event.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 (ipgb20260217.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene Christian University 16 patents | US company or organization | Abilene, TX | Abilene Christian University College or university EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System 3,356 patents | US company or organization | Austin, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 | |
| The Texas A&M University System 801 patents | US company or organization | College Station, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Scherr | Abilene, TX | 2 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 | |
| Timothy Head | Abilene, TX | 4 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 | |
| Derek Haas | Austin, TX | 10 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 | |
| Jack Shoemate | Abilene, TX | 2 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 | |
| Pavel Tsvetkov | College Station, TX | 8 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 | |
| Rusty Towell | Abilene, TX | 4 | Person page FUZZY high confidence | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G21C | Nuclear reactors | G21C9/02 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-17 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | TSVETKOV, PAVEL signed 2024-04-24 | THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COLLEGE STATION, TX | 67228/72 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-01-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SCHERR, JONATHAN signed 2023-11-07 SHOEMATE, JACK signed 2023-11-07 HEAD, TIMOTHY signed 2023-11-07 TOWELL, RUSTY signed 2023-11-07 | ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ABILENE, TX | 65993/364 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-08-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HAAS, DEREK signed 2023-08-21 | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AUSTIN, TX | 64689/16 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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