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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alexander Steinke, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft, Mulheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 78 ; 176 76 ; 176 81 ;
Abstract
Spring element for holding down and bracing a fuel assembly against a hold-down plate upwardly limiting the reactor core of a nuclear reactor, includes a spring-loaded rod-shaped member separately formed independently of the fuel assembly and being slidable axially and form-lockingly into the fuel assembly.