Patents by Inventor Gerard Brugeilles

Gerard Brugeilles 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).

  • Fuse and application of said fuse to the construction of an emergency shutdown system for a nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 4076587
    Abstract: A fuse device for an automatic emergency shutdown system in fast reactors provides a coupling between a casing tube placed within a fuel can and a series of neutron-absorbing masses held together above the reactor core under normal operating conditions but released in free fall to the lower portion of the casing tube at the level of the reactor core as a result of melting of the fuse when operating characteristics such as temperature or neutron flux attain a level which exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: Electricite de France (Service National)
    Inventors: Hubert Henri Leon Taulier, Gerard Brugeille
  • Fuse and application of said fuse to the construction of an emergency shutdown system for a nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 3981598
    Abstract: A fuse device for an automatic emergency shutdown system in fast reactors provides a coupling between a casing tube placed within a fuel can and a series of neutron-absorbing masses held together above the reactor core under normal operating conditions but released in free fall to the lower portion of the casing tube at the level of the reactor core as a result of melting of the fuse when operating characteristics such as temperature or neutron flux attain a level which exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: Electricite de France (Service National)
    Inventors: Hubert Henri Leon Taulier, Gerard Brugeilles