Patents by Inventor Rainer Schulten

Rainer Schulten 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).

  • Spherical fuel element and production thereof for gas-cooled high temperature pebble bed nuclear reactors (HTR)
    Patent number: 8243871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel design and production of fuel element pebbles which satisfy the requirements of high temperature pebble bed nuclear reactors of the next generation. The invention uses a shell of the fuel element pebbles that is devoid of fuel and consists of silicon carbide (SiC) and/or zircon carbide (ZrC), in addition to natural graphite and graphitized petroleum coke, said shell having a maximum average nominal thickness of 5 mm and preferably only 3 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Milan Hrovat, Karl-Heinz Grosse, Rainer Schulten
  • SPHERICAL FUEL ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION THEREOF FOR GAS-COOLED HIGH TEMPERATURE PEBBLE BED NUCLEAR REACTORS (HTR)
    Publication number: 20100014625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel design and production of fuel element pebbles which satisfy the requirements of high temperature pebble bed nuclear reactors of the next generation. The invention uses a shell of the fuel element pebbles that is devoid of fuel and consists of silicon carbide (SiC) and/or zircon carbide (ZrC), in addition to natural graphite and graphitized petroleum coke, said shell having a maximum average nominal thickness of 5 mm and preferably only 3 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Milan Hrovat, Karl-Heinz Grosse, Rainer Schulten