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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2015
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
James T. Polidora, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Shawn D. Lazeski, Pleasant Unity, PA (US);
John W. Conrad, Butler, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
An improved measurement apparatus employs a support that includes a housing and that further includes a follower that is movably situated on the support. The follower is biased in a direction generally away from the housing. The housing and follower are receivable between a spring/dimple pair, and a sensor detects the distance between the housing and the follower when interposed between the spring and dimple. An indicator apparatus employs the signal to output and indication that is representative of the amount of compressive loading that will be applied to a fuel rod by the spring/dimple pair, and the indication is based at least in part upon the distance between the portion of the housing that is engaged with the dimple and the portion of the follower that is engaged with the spring.