Patents by Inventor Victor M. Horn

Victor M. Horn 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).

  • Method of mounting a continuous loop spring on a nuclear fuel spacer
    Patent number: 4587704
    Abstract: In a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor a fuel element spacer formed of an array of laterally positioned cojoined tubular ferrules each providing a passage for one of the fuel elements, the elements being laterally supported in the ferrules between slender spring members and laterally oriented rigid stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce Matzner, Victor M. Horn, Michael V. Curulla, John F. Price
  • Nuclear fuel assembly spacer
    Patent number: 4508679
    Abstract: In a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor a fuel element spacer formed of an array of laterally positioned cojoined tubular ferrules each providing a passage for one of the fuel elements, the elements being laterally supported in the ferrules between slender spring members and laterally oriented rigid stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce Matzner, Victor M. Horn, Michael V. Curulla, John F. Price