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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. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Applicants:
George S. Pabis, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Darel R. Clark, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Anthony A. Pugh, Forest, VA (US);
Raymond A. King, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
George S. Pabis, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Darel R. Clark, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Anthony A. Pugh, Forest, VA (US);
Raymond A. King, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Areva NP Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method to move a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor, wherein the device eliminates the potential for dropping the fuel assembly due to stress corrosion cracking of the upper guide thimble sleeves that attach the top nozzle to guide thimbles.