Patents by Inventor Gerhard Zuch

Gerhard Zuch 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).

  • Patent number: 7131866
    Abstract: A connector interconnect two coaxial cables each having a central conductor surrounded by an outer conductor. A respective connector piece is assigned to each coaxial cable. The invention ensures the easy and rapid use of the connector, while reliably guaranteeing the electrical contact between the interconnected coaxial cables. To achieve this, each connector piece has one connection region that is electrically connected to the respective central conductor of the corresponding coaxial cable, a connection head of the second connector piece being supported on the connection region of said piece by means of a spring element, in order to make electrical contact with the connection region of the first connector piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Framatome ANP GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Zuch
  • Publication number: 20050260878
    Abstract: A connector interconnect two coaxial cables each having a central conductor surrounded by an outer conductor. A respective connector piece is assigned to each coaxial cable. The invention ensures the easy and rapid use of the connector, while reliably guaranteeing the electrical contact between the interconnected coaxial cables. To achieve this, each connector piece has one connection region that is electrically connected to the respective central conductor of the corresponding coaxial cable, a connection head of the second connector piece being supported on the connection region of said piece by means of a spring element, in order to make electrical contact with the connection region of the first connector piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventor: Gerhard Zuch
  • Patent number: 6950489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide tube especially for an instrumentation lance extending into a reactor pressure vessel. The guide tube includes a lower tube section and an upper tube section that extends into the interior of the reactor pressure vessel. In order to prevent radioactively contaminated particles from reaching the lower tube section disposed outside the reactor pressure vessel from forming a source of radiation, a separator is arranged in the upper tube section. The separator has a separation chamber in which the particles are deposited and are removed from the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Framatome ANP GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Zuch
  • Publication number: 20050129164
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide tube especially for an instrumentation lance extending into a reactor pressure vessel. The guide tube includes a lower tube section and an upper tube section that extends into the interior of the reactor pressure vessel. In order to prevent radioactively contaminated particles from reaching the lower tube section disposed outside the reactor pressure vessel from forming a source of radiation, a separator is arranged in the upper tube section. The separator has a separation chamber in which the particles are deposited and are removed from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventor: Gerhard Zuch
  • Patent number: 6838622
    Abstract: An electrical lead-through bushing with an internal conductor surrounded by an external conductor, extending together through a flange element, is particularly suitable for a TDR (time domain reflectometry) measuring system in which the fill level in a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear installation is monitored. The bushing is particularly suitable for use on a vessel wherein comparatively high pressures and/or high temperatures may prevail. For this purpose, a first space region, formed on a first side of the flange element between the internal conductor and the external conductor surrounding it, is sealed off with respect to a second space region, formed on a second side of the flange element by the internal conductor and the external conductor surrounding it, by way of a number of sealing rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Framatome ANP GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Zuch
  • Publication number: 20040026110
    Abstract: An electrical lead-through bushing with an internal conductor surrounded by an external conductor, extending together through a flange element, is particularly suitable for a TDR (time domain reflectometry) measuring system in which the fill level in a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear installation is monitored. The bushing is particularly suitable for use on a vessel wherein comparatively high pressures and/or high temperatures may prevail. For this purpose, a first space region, formed on a first side of the flange element between the internal conductor and the external conductor surrounding it, is sealed off with respect to a second space region, formed on a second side of the flange element by the internal conductor and the external conductor surrounding it, by way of a number of sealing rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Gerhard Zuch
  • Patent number: 6614868
    Abstract: A device for sealing a tube in an opening which is located in a component. The tube is in particular a lance shaft and the component is in particular a nozzle connected to a cover of a reactor pressure vessel. A pressure element is in operative connection with the tube. As a result, the tube is pressed against the component. Provision is made for the pressure element to be driven hydraulically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Framatome ANP GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Zuch