Patents by Inventor Erwin Wehner

Erwin Wehner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for the production of plate-shaped fuel elements for research reactors
    Patent number: 4634571
    Abstract: For the production of plate-shaped fuel elements for research reactors having charges of more than 26 volume % of uranium compound in the aluminum matrix according to the known picture frame technique, 0.01 to 0.3 mm thick aluminum layers are applied by rolling to the picture before inserting it into the frame in order to avoid dragging the uranium into the fuel-free zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: NUKEM GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Langhans, Erwin Wehner