Patents by Inventor Abdelaziz M. Elmahdi

Abdelaziz M. Elmahdi 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).

  • Nuclear reactor fuel assemblies
    Patent number: 7085340
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel assembly having a parallel array of elongated fuel elements supported between an upper and lower nozzle. Main support grids are substantially evenly spaced along the elongated dimension of the assembly to maintain the spacing between fuel elements. A plurality of auxiliary vibration-resistant grids respectively positioned between the main support grids in the middle third elongated dimension of the fuel elements, that are smaller in height and provide a larger fuel element contact area than the main support grids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Co, LLC
    Inventors: Mark P. Goldenfield, Quang M. Nguyen, Gregory E. Settle, Radu O. Pomirleanu, Abdelaziz M. Elmahdi, Lewis A. Walton, Raymond W. Brashier