Patents by Inventor Walter Dassbach

Walter Dassbach 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 for manipulating and/or storing a nuclear reactor fuel assembly including an elongated skeleton with fuel rods, and a nuclear reactor fuel assembly especially for use with this method
    Patent number: 4904444
    Abstract: Method for manipulating and/or storing a nuclear reactor fuel assembly including an elongated skeleton structure with fuel rods and a holding device, which includes placing neutron-absorbing material adjacent the fuel rods, fastening a supplemental body with a handle to the skeleton structure, engaging the neutron-absorbing material with the supplemental body, and fitting a coupling part of the holding device to the handle, and a fuel assembly produced according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Reaktor-Brennelement Union GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Kuhnel, Frank Niedner, Ulrich Ristow, Friedrich Born, Walter Dassbach, Manfred Vogt
  • Supporting device for an elongated nuclear reactor fuel element and/or an elongated nuclear reactor fuel element part
    Patent number: 4652422
    Abstract: A supporting device for a member formed of at least part of an elongated nuclear reactor fuel element, the supporting device having an elongated receiving sleeve mounted vertically on a base surface and having an upper end formed with an opening and a holding device located at the upper end of the sleeve for suspending the member inside the receiving sleeve includes a removable cover closing the opening at the upper end of the receiving sleeve, the holding device being secured to the inside of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Reaktor Brennelement Union GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Vogt, Hans-Peter Schonwitz, Walter Dassbach