Patents by Inventor Paul Joffre

Paul Joffre 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).

  • Multiple and variably-spaced intermediate flow mixing vane grids for fuel assembly
    Publication number: 20070206717
    Abstract: A fuel assembly for a pressurized water reactor that includes a bottom nozzle, a plurality of elongated guide thimbles projecting upwardly from the bottom nozzle, an array of fuel rods, a plurality of support grids axially spaced along the guide thimbles, and at least two Intermediate Flow Mixing grids, which may have different configurations of mixing device formations, disposed between pairs of non-uniformly spaced, adjacent support grids at selected locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Conner, Zeses Karoutas, Milorad Dzodzo, Bin Liu, Paul Joffre, Dmitry Paramonov, Levie Smith