Patents by Inventor Jerome Ambacher

Jerome Ambacher 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).

  • Method of repairing a pressurizer, and equipment for implementing the method
    Patent number: 9494312
    Abstract: A method for working on a defective heating element of a pressurizer comprising a tank lying flat along a longitudinal axis and elongate heating elements extending within the tank, and at least one spacer plate through which the heating elements pass and which is capable of maintaining a transverse spacing between the heating elements is provided. The method includes cutting at least one spacer plate around the heating element so as to detach said heating element from said spacer plate, and then extracting the heating element from the tank in one single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Jérôme Ambacher, Brice Massazza, Denis Pollier
  • METHOD OF REPAIRING A PRESSURISER, AND EQUIPMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20140047692
    Abstract: A method for working on a defective heating element of a pressuriser comprising a tank lying flat along a longitudinal axis and elongate heating elements extending within the tank, and at least one spacer plate through which the heating elements pass and which is capable of maintaining a transverse spacing between the heating elements is provided. The method includes cutting at least one spacer plate around the heating element so as to detach said heating element from said spacer plate, and then extracting the heating element from the tank in one single piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Jerome Ambacher, Brice Massazza, Denis Pollier