Patents by Inventor Jürgen Sommer

Jürgen Sommer 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING THE LOADING OR UNLOADING OF A CORE IN A PRESSURIZED-WATER REACTOR
    Publication number: 20090285346
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading and unloading a core of a pressurized water reactor exerts a force acting transversely to an axial direction of a fuel assembly against an upper region of a fuel assembly adjacent a fuel assembly unloading or loading position of the core. The apparatus is an immersion vehicle being freely maneuverable under water and on which an extendable carrier arm is disposed and at least indirectly positioned against the fuel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: AREVA NP GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Staudigel, Jürgen Sommer