Patents by Inventor Pierre Wegeler

Pierre Wegeler 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).

  • Publication number: 20210118584
    Abstract: An intervention device for carrying out intervention on a nuclear fuel assembly comprises an articulated robotic arm (22) comprising a securing base (26), a terminal member (28) and at least one arm segment (30, 32) connecting the base (26) to the terminal member (28), and an intervention member (24) carried by the terminal member (28). The intervention member (24) is designed to intervene on the nuclear fuel assembly (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Pierre WEGELER, Mourad OUNISSI
  • Patent number: 9275768
    Abstract: A container for a non-irradiated nuclear fuel assembly including a single casing for receiving at least one nuclear fuel assembly, the casing being formed from an elongate tubular shell, the shell including a metallic internal layer delimiting at least one individual housing for receiving a nuclear fuel assembly, and a metallic external layer surrounding the internal layer, the shell being filled between its internal layer and its external layer, and from lids for closing the or each housing at the longitudinal ends of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Pierre Wegeler, Jacques Gauthier
  • Patent number: 9224510
    Abstract: A handling system including a tool for lifting the container, wherein the lifting tool includes a lifting carrier to be suspended and a member for gripping the container comprising removable devices for fastening the container onto the gripping member. According to one aspect of the invention, the gripping member is mounted so that it may rotate on the lifting carrier about a substantially horizontal rotation axis when the lifting carrier is suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Pierre Wegeler, Jacques Gauthier
  • Patent number: 8259892
    Abstract: A container including a support having at least one first longitudinal support surface defining a longitudinal housing for receiving a nuclear fuel assembly, and a door having a second longitudinal support surface. The door is movable between a position of holding the nuclear fuel assembly between the two longitudinal surfaces and a released position in which the assembly is free with respect to the support. The container includes means for adjusting the transversal separation between the first and second surfaces in the holding position of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Areva NP
    Inventors: Jacques Gauthier, Pierre Wegeler, Serge Roillet
  • Publication number: 20110187139
    Abstract: A handling system including a tool for lifting the container, wherein the lifting tool includes a lifting carrier to be suspended and a member for gripping the container comprising removable devices for fastening the container onto the gripping member. According to one aspect of the invention, the gripping member is mounted so that it may rotate on the lifting carrier about a substantially horizontal rotation axis when the lifting carrier is suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Areva NP
    Inventor: Pierre Wegeler
  • Publication number: 20100284778
    Abstract: A container for a non-irradiated nuclear fuel assembly including a single casing for receiving at least one nuclear fuel assembly, the casing being formed from an elongate tubular shell, the shell including a metallic internal layer delimiting at least one individual housing for receiving a nuclear fuel assembly, and a metallic external layer surrounding the internal layer, the shell being filled between its internal layer and its external layer, and from lids for closing the or each housing at the longitudinal ends of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: AREVA NP
    Inventors: Pierre Wegeler, Jacques Gauthier
  • Publication number: 20100014623
    Abstract: A container including a support having at least one first longitudinal support surface defining a longitudinal housing for receiving a nuclear fuel assembly, and a door having a second longitudinal support surface. The door is movable between a position of holding the nuclear fuel assembly between the two longitudinal surfaces and a released position in which the assembly is free with respect to the support. The container includes means for adjusting the transversal separation between the first and second surfaces in the holding position of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Areva NP
    Inventors: Jacques Gauthier, Pierre Wegeler, Serge Roillet