Patents by Inventor Gerard Filary

Gerard Filary 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).

  • Tool for producing a nuclear reactor fuel assembly
    Patent number: 4653180
    Abstract: A tool for the manufacture of a fuel assembly, said tool comprising for each end of an assembly an inner metal plate which can be applied to the bottom of an end member, an outer metal plate which can be displaced, under the action of a jack, along sliding columns fixed to the inner plate, in longitudinal translation with respect thereto and threaded ties traversing corresponding openings in the end member and in the inner and outer plates, able to engage with the internal thread of the guide tubes, and each provided with a head on which is supported a spring for compensating the action of the jack. A method for utilizing the tool is set forth, also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignees: Comissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Framatome & CIE
    Inventors: Jacques Le Pargneux, Michel Bonnamour, Gerard Filary
  • Process for fabricating nuclear reactor fuel assemblies for light water nuclear reactors
    Patent number: 4558504
    Abstract: A tool for the manufacture of a fuel assembly, said tool comprising for each end of an assembly an inner metal plate which can be applied to the bottom of an end member, an outer metal plate which can be displaced, under the action of a jack, along sliding columns fixed to the inner plate, in longitudinal translation with respect thereto and threaded ties traversing corresponding openings in the end member and in the inner and outer plates, able to engage with the internal thread of the guide tubes, and each provided with a head on which is supported a spring for compensating the action of the jack. A method for utilizing the tool is set forth, also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Assignees: Commissarit a l'Energie Atomique, Framatome & Cie
    Inventors: Jacques Le Pargneux, Michel Bonnamour, Gerard Filary