The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Gary E. Dix, Saratoga, CA (US);
James C. Shaug, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fuel bundle assembly for a boiling water nuclear reactor comprising a plurality of fuel rods having respective fuel columns therein, and arranged in an ordered array, extending between upper and lower support structures, the plurality of fuel rods enclosed within a hollow, open-ended channel member at least partially enclosed by the open-ended channel member; at least one water rod supported on the lower tie plate and extending upwardly toward the upper tie plate, the at least one water rod having an upward flow path including at least one inlet at a lower end of the upward flow path, and a downward flow path including at least one outlet at a lower end of the downward flow path, the at least one outlet located about midway along the fuel columns within the fuel rods.