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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. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Angelo Beati, Lyons, FR;
Thierry Muller, Ste Helene, FR;
Jean-françois Rondemerre, Lyons, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Areva NP, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The nuclear fuel assembly having nuclear fuel rods and a support skeleton having two nozzles, guide tubes interconnecting the nozzles, and spacer grids for holding the rods, the grids being secured to the guide tubes. The assembly further has at least one lattice reinforcing device for reinforcing the support skeleton. The reinforcing device is placed between two spacer grids and is secured to the guide tubes. The invention is applicable to fuel assemblies for pressurized water reactors.