ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,886, issued on Oct. 7, 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 assembly having a connecting rod, a spider, a plurality of control rods, a coupling sleeve secured to the connecting rod and including a body portion defining at least one cam pin, and a barrel cam defining a cam track, the barrel cam being rotatably secured to the spider. The cam track...