Patents by Inventor Georges Place

Georges Place 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).

  • Fuel pin cluster for a high-power reactor
    Patent number: 3944468
    Abstract: Each fuel pin of the cluster is fitted with a spacer element wound in a coarse-pitch helix on the external surface of the fuel can and attached to end-caps of the can. The spacer element consists of a deformable tube having a constant initial cross-section, the tube being fitted internally with a reinforcement wire which is mounted within the tube with provision for a clearance space and extends over the entire length of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Georges Duret, Georges Place, Jean Rousseau