US Patent Issued to Phoenix on May 6 for "Re-entrant cones for moderator chamber of a neutron imaging system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,391, issued on May 6, was assigned to Phoenix LLC (Fitchburg, Wis.).

"Re-entrant cones for moderator chamber of a neutron imaging system" was invented by Tye Gribb (Fitchburg, Wis.) and Lucas Jacobson (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neutron imaging system that includes a central neutron source configured to produce source neutrons, wherein the central neutron source comprises a beam target, a moderator chamber surrounding at least a portion of the beam target, the moderator chamber housing a moderator, and a re-entrant cone extending into the moderator chamber. The re-entrant cone includes an entrance surface having a...