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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Jeffrey M. Mccarty, Cayce, SC (US);
Leo J. Fanning, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey M. McCarty, Cayce, SC (US);
Leo J. Fanning, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/06 (2006.01); G21C 7/117 (2006.01); G21C 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/117 (2013.01); Y02E 30/39 (2013.01); G21C 21/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rod cluster control assembly having a control rod upper end plug formed in two parts and connected together with a flexible joint coupling located at or below a connecting finger on a spider vane. The upper portion of the upper control rod end plug is screwed into the connecting finger on the spider vane and lock welded between a lower portion of the finger and a shoulder on an abutting ledge of the upper portion of the end plug.