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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry Spilker, Bad Münder, DE;
Bill Jones, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
GNB Gesellschaft fur Nuklearbehalter mbH, Essen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/16 ;
Abstract
A shock absorber for an end of a steel or cast-iron container for the transport of spent-fuel elements is in the form of a casing with a recess receiving the end of the container and having, in turn, a stepped-pyramid element which decreases in wall thickness from the region surrounding the container end of a free end of the stepped pyramid.