Patents by Inventor Michel Monchanin

Michel Monchanin 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).

  • Fixed cluster having a spider-like support, corresponding pressurized water nuclear reactor core and assembly comprising a nuclear fuel assembly and such a fixed cluster
    Patent number: 8582714
    Abstract: A fixed cluster for the core of pressurized-water nuclear reactor including rods and a holder for rods. The holder includes: an upper head; fins extending radially towards the outside from the upper head; systems for mounting the rods and distributed on the fins; and at least two abutment elements on the upper plate of the core, each of the abutment elements protruding longitudinally from a respective fin beyond the mounting systems so as to be vertically oriented towards the top when the fixed cluster is provided on a nuclear fuel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Areva NP
    Inventors: Michel Monchanin, Thierry Delannoy, Didier Pergue, Roman Ferry
  • FIXED CLUSTER HAVING A SPIDER-LIKE SUPPORT, CORRESPONDING PRESSURIZED WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY AND SUCH A FIXED CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20100111243
    Abstract: A fixed cluster for the core of pressurized-water nuclear reactor including rods and a holder for rods. The holder includes: an upper head; fins extending radially towards the outside from the upper head; systems for mounting the rods and distributed on the fins; and at least two abutment elements on the upper plate of the core, each of the abutment elements protruding longitudinally from a respective fin beyond the mounting systems so as to be vertically oriented towards the top when the fixed cluster is provided on a nuclear fuel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Michel Monchanin, Thierry Delannoy, Didier Pergue, Roman Ferry