Patents by Inventor Franz Hauer

Franz Hauer 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).

  • Container for receiving and storing spent fuel elements
    Patent number: 4320847
    Abstract: For the storage of spent fuel elements there are needed containers consisting of can and cover which undergo a preliminary sealing in inserting the cover, produce a uniform weld gap, are not jammed in opening and are repeatedly reusable. Such containers are obtained if the cans have a frusto conical widening at the upper end and the cover likewise has a frusto conical region in which there is formed between the two conical regions an acute angle of preferably 1.degree.-7.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Inventors: Gernot Gesser, Franz Hauer, Berthold Racky, Dieter Klein