JAMES EDWIN GILLETT
Engineers in Greensburg, PA

4687628, Aug 18, 1987

Oct 24, 1986

6/923059

James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Daniel C. Garner - Murrysville PA
Donald G. Sherwood - Monroeville PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

G21C 1928

376353

The inner barrel assembly of a pressurized water reactor includes an array of interleaved first and second matrices of respective first and second pluralities of rod guides of corresponding first and second different types, disposed in parallel axial relationship, the bottom ends of the guides being affixed to the top core plate of a lower barrel assembly. A flexible support structure connects the top ends of the rod guides to a lower calandria plate and particularly includes corresponding first and second pluralities of top support plates respectively connected to the rod guides of the first and second different types and having outer peripheries generally corresponding to the respective first and second types of rod guides and inner openings for permitting axial passage therethrough of corresponding, first and second different types of rod clusters. The respective top support plates of the first and second different types have mating, respective exterior and interior vertices for assemblage of same in an array of interdigitated, respective matrices. A flexible linkage is connected between each top plate of the first type and the respective surrounding and contiguous, interdigitated top plates of the second type, thereby interconnecting all of the top plates of the array in a concatenated arrangement.

6656623, Dec 2, 2003

Feb 15, 2001

09/784610

Randall A. Holmes - Saltsburg PA
Paolo R. Zafred - Murrysville PA
James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Robert Draper - Pittsburgh PA
Louis K. Lau - Monroeville PA
Richard A. Basel - Pittsburgh PA
Robert L. Cather - Monroeville PA
Vinod B. Doshi - Monroeville PA
James M. Toms - Irwin PA

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

H01M 800

429 30, 429 17, 429 31, 429 34, 429 38

A solid oxide fuel cell generator ( ) contains stacks ( ) of hollow, tubular axially elongated fuel cells ( ) which can operate to generate electricity; a single oxidant inlet plenum ( ) including a bottom enclosing member, having hole therethrough which acts as an oxidant feed tube positioning board ( ); a fuel inlet plenum ( ); an oxidant/fuel exhaust chamber ( ); power leads ( ) electrically connected to the fuel cells transverse to the axis ( ′) of the fuel calls; and a plurality of oxidant feed tubes ( ); all surrounded by insulation ( ); where there are at least two fuel cell stacks arranged in a row next to each other, the oxidant feed tube positioning board at the bottom of the oxidant inlet plenum is a laminate of layers of porous alumino-silicate ceramic fibers bonded with a ceramic alumina binder and dense woven ceramic ( ) impregnated with ceramic adhesive ( ), and wherein the insulation constitutes, primarily, bulk ceramic fibers.

6689499, Feb 10, 2004

Sep 17, 2001

09/954942

James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Paolo R. Zafred - Murrysville PA
Richard A. Basel - Pittsburgh PA

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation - Orlando FL

H01M 802

429 13, 429 31, 429 34

A fuel cell generator apparatus contains at least one fuel cell subassembly module in a module housing, where the housing is surrounded by a pressure vessel such that there is an air accumulator space, where the apparatus is associated with an air compressor of a turbine/generator/air compressor system, where pressurized air from the compressor passes into the space and occupies the space and then flows to the fuel cells in the subassembly module, where the air accumulation space provides an accumulator to control any unreacted fuel gas that might flow from the module.

5741605, Apr 21, 1998

Mar 8, 1996

8/613399

James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Jeffrey T. Dederer - Valencia PA
Paolo R. Zafred - Pittsburgh PA
Jeffrey C. Collie - Pittsburgh PA

Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Pittsburgh PA

H01M 810

429 31

A high temperature solid oxide fuel cell generator produces electrical power from oxidation of hydrocarbon fuel gases such as natural gas, or conditioned fuel gases, such as carbon monoxide or hydrogen, with oxidant gases, such as air or oxygen. This electrochemical reaction occurs in a plurality of electrically connected solid oxide fuel cells bundled and arrayed in a unitary modular fuel cell stack disposed in a compartment in the generator container. The use of a unitary modular fuel cell stack in a generator is similar in concept to that of a removable battery. The fuel cell stack is provided in a pre-assembled self-supporting configuration where the fuel cells are mounted to a common structural base having surrounding side walls defining a chamber. Associated generator equipment may also be mounted to the fuel cell stack configuration to be integral therewith, such as a fuel and oxidant supply and distribution systems, fuel reformation systems, fuel cell support systems, combustion, exhaust and spent fuel recirculation systems, and the like. The pre-assembled self-supporting fuel cell stack arrangement allows for easier assembly, installation, maintenance, better structural support and longer life of the fuel cells contained in the fuel cell stack.

4427621, Jan 24, 1984

Jul 2, 1981

6/280167

James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Arthur L. Wineman - Greensburg PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

G21C 1900

376260

A jacking mechanism for raising the upper internals structure of a liquid metal nuclear reactor which jacking mechanism uses a system of gears and drive shafts to transmit force from a single motor to four mechanically synchronized ball jacks to raise and lower support columns which support the upper internals structure. The support columns have a pin structure which rides up and down in a slot in a housing fixed to the reactor head. The pin has two locking plates which can be rotated around the pin to bring bolt holes through the locking plates into alignment with a set of bolt holes in the housing, there being a set of such housing bolt holes corresponding to both a raised and a lowered position of the support column. When the locking plate is so aligned, a surface of the locking plate mates with a surface in the housing such that the support column is then supported by the locking plate and not by the ball jacks. Since the locking plates are to be installed and bolted to the housing during periods of reactor operation, the ball jacks need not be sized to react the large forces which occur or potentially could occur on the upper internals structure of the reactor during operation.

5573867, Nov 12, 1996

Jan 31, 1996

8/594214

Paolo R. Zafred - Pittsburgh PA
Jeffrey T. Dederer - Valencia PA
James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Richard A. Basel - Plub Borough PA
Annette B. Antenucci - Pittsburgh PA

Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Pittsburgh PA

H01M 804, H01M 824

429 17

A fuel cell generator apparatus and method of its operation involves: passing pressurized oxidant gas, (O) and pressurized fuel gas, (F), into fuel cell modules, (10 and 12), containing fuel cells, where the modules are each enclosed by a module housing (18), surrounded by an axially elongated pressure vessel (64), where there is a purge gas volume, (62), between the module housing and pressure vessel; passing pressurized purge gas, (P), through the purge gas volume, (62), to dilute any unreacted fuel gas from the modules; and passing exhaust gas, (82), and circulated purge gas and any unreacted fuel gas out of the pressure vessel; where the fuel cell generator apparatus is transpatable when the pressure vessel (64) is horizontally disposed, providing a low center of gravity.

8460838, Jun 11, 2013

Aug 19, 2009

12/543738

James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA, US
Paolo R. Zafred - Murrysville PA, US
Matthew W. Riggle - Ford City PA, US
Kevin P. Litzinger - Level Green PA, US

Siemens Energy, Inc. - Orlando FL

H01M 8/12, H01M 8/24

429466, 429441, 429458, 429460, 429469

A solid oxide fuel cell module contains a plurality of integral bundle assemblies, the module containing a top portion with an inlet fuel plenum and a bottom portion receiving air inlet feed and containing a base support, the base supports dense, ceramic exhaust manifolds which are below and connect to air feed tubes located in a recuperator zone, the air feed tubes passing into the center of inverted, tubular, elongated, hollow electrically connected solid oxide fuel cells having an open end above a combustion zone into which the air feed tubes pass and a closed end near the inlet fuel plenum, where the fuel cells comprise a fuel cell stack bundle all surrounded within an outer module enclosure having top power leads to provide electrical output from the stack bundle, where the fuel cells operate in the fuel cell mode and where the base support and bottom ceramic air exhaust manifolds carry from 85% to all 100% of the weight of the stack, and each bundle assembly has its own control for vertical and horizontal thermal expansion control.

4728488, Mar 1, 1988

Nov 14, 1985

6/798193

James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Donald G. Sherwood - Monroeville PA
Larry A. Shockling - Plum Borough PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

G21C 500, G21C 710

376327

Slender water displacer rods for use in water reactors are provided with rings of a wear resistant coating spaced along the length of the rod. Each coating contains Cr. sub. 2 C. sub. 3 and is metallurgically applied and bonded to the zirconium base alloy forming the outer portion of the rod by electrospark-deposition (ESD) technique.

2011024, Oct 6, 2011

Sep 26, 2008

12/680306

Ines Becker - Nurnberg, DE
Erich Bittner - Ellingen, DE
James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA, US
Wilhelm Kleinlein - Furth, DE
Paolo R. Zafred - Murrysville PA, US

H01M 8/12, H01M 8/00, H01M 8/24

429465, 429535

A contact used to electrically connect High-temperature density fuel cells together is provided. The contact includes at least one hollow cord which each has at least three contact surfaces with the fuel cell, of which two contact surfaces connect neighboring anode surfaces and the third contact surface connects the interconnector of the next High-temperature density fuel cell. A method for producing a fuel cells system including high-power density fuel cells is also provided.

5307384, Apr 26, 1994

Dec 16, 1992

7/991803

John E. King - Plum Boro PA
James E. Gillett - Greensburg PA
Raymond M. Calfo - Murrysville PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

G21C 706

376228

A segmented electromagnetic coil assembly for use in a magnetic jack type of drive mechanism used to move control rods within a nuclear reactor. The coil assembly has a plurality of individual magnetic coils spaced around and against the non-magnetic housing which contains the control rod drive shaft.