Patents by Inventor Romain Garrigue

Romain Garrigue 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).

  • Device for supporting nuclear fuel plate for a fissile bundle of a nuclear reactor of GFR type with high-temperature heat transfer gas
    Patent number: 8588361
    Abstract: A device for supporting nuclear fuel plates (4) with a longitudinal axis (X) including a bottom (6) forming a lower longitudinal end of the supporting device and a lid (8) forming an upper longitudinal end of the supporting device, the bottom (6) and the lid (8) being rigidly connected to each other through a central connecting means and peripheral connecting means, a plurality of upper means (18) for supporting the plates (4) attached to the lid (8), and a plurality of lower means (16) for supporting the plates (4) attached to the bottom (6), ensuring elastic support of the longitudinal ends of the plates (4) in a direction of the width (R) of the plate (4) and allowing free deformation of said longitudinal ends in the direction of the thickness (T) of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Denis Lorenzo, Alain Ravenet, Romain Garrigue, Guy Mailhe
  • DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING NUCLEAR FUEL PLATE FOR A FISSILE BUNDLE OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR OF GFR TYPE WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEAT TRANSFER GAS
    Publication number: 20100208862
    Abstract: A device for supporting nuclear fuel plates (4) with a longitudinal axis (X) including a bottom (6) forming a lower longitudinal end of the supporting device and a lid (8) forming an upper longitudinal end of the supporting device, the bottom (6) and the lid (8) being rigidly connected to each other through a central connecting means and peripheral connecting means, a plurality of upper means (18) for supporting the plates (4) attached to the lid (8), and a plurality of lower means (16) for supporting the plates (4) attached to the bottom (6), ensuring elastic support of the longitudinal ends of the plates (4) in a direction of the width (R) of the plate (4) and allowing free deformation of said longitudinal ends in the direction of the thickness (T) of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Denis Lorenzo, Alain Ravenet, Romain Garrigue, Guy Mailhe