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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:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1993
Kevin L Ledford, Wilmington, NC (US);
Eric B Johansson, Wrightsville Beach, NC (US);
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A two part lower tie plate assembly is disclosed for use with a fuel bundle of a boiling water nuclear reactor. The two parts include a rod supporting grid section and nozzle section. Both the rod supporting grid section and the nozzle section are constructed asymmetrically. The rod supporting grid section contains one half of the total offset required for a D lattice lower tie plate and the nozzle section contains one half of the total offset required for a D lattice lower tie plate. When a D lattice lower tie plate is required, assembly occurs so that the offsets are additive. When a C lattice lower tie plate is required, assembly occurs that the offsets are subtractive. Assembly of the lower tie plate is provided be either bolting or welding. There results on single rod supporting grid and nozzle section components capable of assembly to fit either a C or a D lattice.