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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Ge-hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Llc, Wilmington, NC (US);
Hampton W. Lane, Wilmington, NC (US);
Bret E. Nelson, Wilmington, NC (US);
Brandon J. Schoonmaker, Wilmington, NC (US);
Lee J. Andre, Wilmington, NC (US);
Hugo P. Rooney, Wilmington, NC (US);
David J. Bell, San Jose, CA (US);
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
Clamps can be secured to a slip joint and limit flow through the same by seating on a diffuser axially regardless of wear and damage in the slip joint. An extension from the clamp seats to the inlet mixer. These extensions can be adjusted from outside the clamp to achieve an individual preload or flow limitation through the slip joint. The extension may be an O-ring or other shape. A biasing drive may connect to and move the extension from an outside surface of the clamp. The biasing drive may include a threaded cap in an outer groove that is linked to a plunger via a spring. Clamps are fabricated of materials that maintain their physical properties when exposed to an operating nuclear reactor environment and may be relatively rigid and resilient metals.