Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Hawickhorst

Wolfgang Hawickhorst 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).

  • Container for heat-generating radioactive elements
    Publication number: 20040125906
    Abstract: A transport/storage container for heat-generating nuclear-fuel elements has spaced inner and outer side walls defining an annular space extending along an axis and having upper and lower ends. A cover is provided at the upper end and a floor at the lower end. A plurality of axially extending and angularly spaced heat-conducting metal tubes each have an inner wall section bearing in surface contact on an outer surface of the inner side wall and an outer wall section bearing in surface contact on an inner surface of the outer side wall. A concrete mass fills the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: GNB Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Behalter mbH
    Inventors: Konrad Gluschke, Wolfgang Hawickhorst