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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:
Dec. 03, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael V Curulla, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376441 ; 376442 ; 267164 ;
Abstract
In a nuclear fuel assembly spacer providing passages for fuel rods or other elongated elements, a spring component of H-shape including a pair of spaced spring members of hairpin-like configuration connected by a retaining strap wherein an arched side of one of the spring members projects into one of the passages and the arched side of the other of the spring members projects into an adjacent one of the passages for resilient engagement with the fuel rods or other elongated elements extending through the passages.