Patents by Inventor Bernd Fechner

Bernd Fechner 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).

  • Method of cooling a fuel assembly-transport container and cooling circuit for performing the method
    Patent number: 4306936
    Abstract: Method of cooling a fuel assembly-transport container with a cooling circuit which includes the interior of the transport container and is traversible by a vaporizable coolant such as water, which includes feeding the coolant to the transport container at the start of the cooling operation at so low a rate that a vapor thereof is formed, withdrawing the vapor from the transport container, and maintaining the cooling through heat-removal by the withdrawn vapor until a reduction in the temperature of the withdrawn vapor occurs, and cooling circuit for performing the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Fechner, Holger Hahn, Pius Mackert