Patents by Inventor Karl Verfondern

Karl Verfondern 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).

  • High-temperature reactor
    Patent number: 4900506
    Abstract: A high-temperature reactor with a reactor core containing fuel elements crossed by a cooling gas circuit comprises a malfunction filter for filtering metal fission products discharged from the fuel elements in the event of core overheating. The filter is mounted in the cooling gas circuit outside the reactor core and consists of a carbon which is incompletely graphitized, or is not graphitized at all.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Kernforschungsanlage Juelich GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Moormann, Klaus Hilpert, Karl Verfondern