Patents by Inventor Alfred Edward Collinson

Alfred Edward Collinson 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 element assemblies
    Patent number: 4036690
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor fuel element assembly comprising a bundle of fuel elements in a tubular wrapper for conducting liquid metal coolant flow has a cavitation suppressing impedance. The impedance comprises a tubular member housing a series of flow defining plates the plates comprising two sets arranged so that plates of each set are positioned alternately along the tubular member, the plates of one set being of woven wire mesh and those of the other set being thick apertured plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Colin Betts, Alfred Edward Collinson, David Frederick Hart