Patents by Inventor Hideo Ogasawara

Hideo Ogasawara 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).

  • Fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 4123327
    Abstract: Fuel assemblies forming the core of a nuclear reactor each include an open-ended tubular channel, upper and lower tie plates formed therein with a multitude of through holes and arranged in the vicinity of upper and lower ends of the tubular channel respectively, and elongated fuel elements located parallel to one another and extending between the upper and lower tie plates. The channel of each fuel assembly is formed in its walls with openings which are disposed below the upper tie plate and above the upper end edge of the fuel of each fuel element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sugisaki, Tetsuo Horiuchi, Hideo Ogasawara, Shozo Yamanari, Kenji Tominaga