Patents by Inventor Victor E. Hazel

Victor E. Hazel 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 assembly
    Patent number: 4314884
    Abstract: A fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor including a plurality of fuel rods held in spaced, parallel position between upper and lower tie plates and retained in lateral position by intermediate spacers and having a water tube in lieu of a fuel element in one or more of the rod positions, the water tubes having an outside diameter greater than that of the fuel rods and the spacer springs in the spacer cells of the water tubes being modified to accommodate the larger diameter of the water tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alan W. Fanning, William G. Jameson, Jr., Victor E. Hazel