Patents by Inventor Stefan Dorner

Stefan Dorner 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 reactor installation including a core catching apparatus
    Patent number: 4121970
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor installation includes a core catching apparatus for containing the components of a nuclear reactor core during a core melt-down accident which comprises a container provided with means for preventing the mixing of the metallic portion of the core melt with water thereby to avoid formation of explosive gases and spreading of radioactive compounds by an explosion following such core-melt-down-accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Albrecht, Leopold Barleon, Stefan Dorner, Manfred Fischer, Juergen Wilhelm
  • Nuclear reactor core catching apparatus
    Patent number: 4073682
    Abstract: An apparatus for containing the components of a nuclear reactor core during a core-melt-down accident, comprising a container consisting at least its inner surface of a highly temperature resistant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: Gesellschaft fuer Kernforschung
    Inventors: Leopold Barleon, Stefan Dorner, Odo Goetzmann, Guenter Kussmaul