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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. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald A Deaver, San Jose, CA (US);
Barry H Koepke, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376287 ; 376302 ; 376461 ;
Abstract
In a pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor containing a core assembly enclosed within a core shroud, the core shroud spaced radially inwardly of a pressure vessel wall, with an annular shroud support plate fixed to the pressure vessel wall, wherein a lower end of the shroud is seated on an upper edge of the support plate to create a joint interface further wherein, and a plurality of brackets are secured between the shroud and the shroud support plate, spanning the joint interface.