Patents Examined by David D. Wasil
  • Mechanically joined replacement shroud for boiling water nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 5802129
    Abstract: In a pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor containing a core assembly enclosed within a core shroud, the core shroud spaced radially inwardly of a pressure vessel wall, with an annular shroud support plate fixed to the pressure vessel wall, wherein a lower end of the shroud is seated on an upper edge of the support plate to create a joint interface further wherein, and a plurality of brackets are secured between the shroud and the shroud support plate, spanning the joint interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gerald A. Deaver, Barry H. Koepke