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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:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Masashi Takahashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazutoshi Okubo, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Masashi Takahashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazutoshi Okubo, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel compact formed by integrally molding coated fuel particles by a press into a cylindrical body and comprising a chamfer having plane or curved surface at its corner to thereby prevent the coated fuel particles from being damaged due to stress on press molding whereby the strength thereof is improved against mechanical contact with a fuel sleeve and a graphite block.