Patents by Inventor Jean C. Hista

Jean C. Hista 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: 4518561
    Abstract: Reactor building structure comprising a ring building roof embedded in the cylindrical skirt of the confinement enclosure.The structure is constituted by a confinement enclosure comprising a cylindrical skirt and a dome, as well as by a ring building surrounding the confinement enclosure. The ring building comprises a cylindrical skirt and a roof, the confinement enclosure and the ring building being erected on a common general foundation raft or floor. The internal structures are positioned with the confinement enclosure. The roof of the ring building is toroidal or frustum-shaped, being embedded in the cylindrical skirt of the confinement enclosure. The internal structures are disengaged from the confinement enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Framatome et Cie
    Inventor: Jean C. Hista
  • Patent number: 4476087
    Abstract: Reactor building comprising internal structures, whose stresses are independent of the deformations of the general floor and of the background effect due to the reference accident pressure, and process for producing the internal structures.This reactor building comprises a confinement enclosure (4), internal structures (14) constituted by a slab (22) peripherally locked against the frustum-shaped member (12) of confinement enclosure (4) and resting on the general floor (8) by a peripheral supporting ring (23), a compressible layer (32) being provided between the general floor (8) and slab (22).Application to the construction of the internal structures of a reactor building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Framatome
    Inventor: Jean C. Hista