# Szilard Leo — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Szilard Leo has 2 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How the First Nuclear Reactor Works](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2708656/nuclear-reactor-fermi-szilard) — granted 1955
  The foundational 1955 patent by Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard describing the design of the first nuclear reactor capable of a self-sustaining chain reaction.
- [How Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard Designed a Silent Refrigerator](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/1781541/einstein-szilard-refrigerator) — granted 1930
  A 1930 patent by Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard for a refrigerator that uses electromagnetic pumps instead of moving mechanical parts to circulate coolant.

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