ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,846, issued on May 6, was assigned to BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC (Lynchburg, Va.).
"Control rod remote disconnect mechanism" was invented by Scott J. Shargots (Forest, Va.), Ryan Z. Ziegler (Forest, Va.), Jason C. Brown (Lynchburg, Va.), David K. Haslet (Lynchburg, Va.) and Emily D. Fleming (Forest, 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 and a spider, a lock cam assembly rotatably secured to a bottom end of the connecting rod and including a locking cam, and a locking collar disposed non-rotatably within the spider, the locking colla...