Patents by Inventor Jean-Luc ROUILLER

Jean-Luc ROUILLER 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).

  • Nuclear reactor with screw-nut drive of core reactivity control members
    Patent number: 10163530
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor includes a plurality of mechanisms (11) that drive the contact members (9) that control the reactivity, of the core. Each mechanism includes a driving member (21) including a driving part (23) forming one out of a screw or a nut, a member (27) for applying a rotary torque of the rotor (19) to the driving member (21), a driven member (29) translationally connected to one of the control members (9) and including the other out of screw and a nut; and a member (33) that is selectively mobile between a position of blocking the driving member (21) and a position of releasing the driving member (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ TECHNIQUE POUR L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Lionel Ranc, Charles Dumanois, Jean-Luc Rouiller
  • NUCLEAR REACTOR WITH SCREW-NUT DRIVE OF CORE REACTIVITY CONTROL MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20180226161
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor includes a plurality of mechanisms (11) that drive the contact members (9) that control the reactivity, of the core. Each mechanism includes a driving member (21) including a driving part (23) forming one out of a screw or a nut, a member (27) for applying a rotary torque of the rotor (19) to the driving member (21), a driven member (29) translationally connected to one of the control members (9) and including the other out of screw and a nut; and a member (33) that is selectively mobile between a position of blocking the driving member (21) and a position of releasing the driving member (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Lionel RANC, Charles DUMANOIS, Jean-Luc ROUILLER