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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:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Matthias Rudolph, Weisendorf, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376364 ;
Abstract
A nuclear reactor fuel assembly has a plurality of fuel rods filled with nuclear fuel, and a fuel assembly base having a longitudinal axis, a jacket, and a resilient support element in the form of a shock-absorbing leg to be placed upon a support structure of a nuclear reactor. The shock-absorbing leg is parallel to the longitudinal axis and disposed on the outside of the jacket. The shork-absorbing leg has a lower end forming a stop surface for the support structure.