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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Patrick A. Hellandbrand, Jr., East Hartford, CT (US);
Kenneth V. Margotta, Ellington, CT (US);
Michael J. Sponzo, Windsor, CT (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A protective hose, and a method of making the same, for an in-core instrument assembly used in a nuclear reactor, including a first end that is hermetically sealed to a first member of in-core instrument assembly such as a bullet nose, a second end that is hermetically sealed to a second member of said in-core instrument assembly such as a seal plug, and a body portion that surrounds at least one detector in the in-core instrument assembly, and has flexible, corrugated outer and inner surfaces. The body portion includes a series of ribs having peaks. The hose is compacted in length to a degree that the peaks of the ribs are substantially adjacent to one another. The ribs also have side surfaces that decline from the peaks to valley portions that are disposed between the side surfaces. The hose is compacted in length to a degree that the side surfaces are completely in physical contact with one another.