Patents by Inventor Noemie Gomez

Noemie Gomez 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 fuel rod spacer grid and framework and assembly comprising such a grid
    Patent number: 9275763
    Abstract: A grid including at least two meshed grid parts intended to be superposed in a longitudinal direction, each grid part extending in a transverse plane, and the grid parts being moveable one relative to the other in at least one transverse direction between an open configuration for the insertion of nuclear fuel rods in the longitudinal direction through the grid parts, and a closed configuration allowing each fuel rod inserted through the grid parts to be clamped transversely between the grid parts. According to one aspect of the invention, the grid includes elements for transversely immobilizing the grid parts in the closed configuration, the immobilizing elements being designed to engage as the superposed grid parts are moved closer together in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Noemie Gomez, Angelo Beati, Dominique Hertz, Thierry Muller
  • NUCLEAR FUEL ROD SPACER GRID AND FRAMEWORK AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A GRID
    Publication number: 20100246747
    Abstract: A grid including at least two meshed grid parts intended to be superposed in a longitudinal direction, each grid part extending in a transverse plane, and the grid parts being moveable one relative to the other in at least one transverse direction between an open configuration for the insertion of nuclear fuel rods in the longitudinal direction through the grid parts, and a closed configuration allowing each fuel rod inserted through the grid parts to be clamped transversely between the grid parts. According to one aspect of the invention, the grid includes elements for transversely immobilizing the grid parts in the closed configuration, the immobilizing elements being designed to engage as the superposed grid parts are moved closer together in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Areva NP
    Inventors: Noemie Gomez, Angelo Beati, Dominique Hertz, Thierry Muller