ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,228, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC (Lynchburg, Va.).
"Control rod remote holdout mechanism" was invented by Scott J. Shargots (Forest, Va.), Ryan Z. Ziegler (Forest, Va.), Emily D. Fleming (Forest, Va.) and Jason C. Brown (Lynchburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control rod drive mechanism having a torque tube, a control rod assembly including a connecting rod disposed within the torque tube and including an annular collar defining a key slot, an elongated key that is slidably receivable within the key slot, a lock cam assembly rotatably secured to a top end of the connecting rod and includ...