Patents by Inventor Jean P. Denizou

Jean P. Denizou 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).

  • Grid for nuclear fuel assembly
    Patent number: 4717533
    Abstract: A grid for supporting and spacing nuclear fuel rods, particularly at the nodes of a triangular array, has a peripheral frame of regular polygonal, typically hexagonal, shape and at least two beds of wires spaced in the longitudinal direction of the fuel assembly. Each bed has at least two series of mutually parallel wires secured to said frame at the end thereof, the wires of a same one of said series being parallel to two opposed side of said frame and all said wires defining passages for said fuel elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Framatome et Cogema
    Inventor: Jean P. Denizou