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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:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Patrick A. Hellandbrand, Jr., East Hartford, CT (US);
Richard P. Broders, Granby, CT (US);
Inventors:
Patrick A. Hellandbrand, Jr., East Hartford, CT (US);
Richard P. Broders, Granby, CT (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Co LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/32 (2006.01); G21C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nuclear fuel assembly having an instrumentation tube having an insert that centers the in-core instrumentation while permitting bugling or welding of the instrumentation tube wall to a grid strap to obtain a rigid connection there between at any elevation along the instrumentation tube.