Patents by Inventor Yeon Doo JUNG

Yeon Doo JUNG 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).

  • Fuel rod auto-loading apparatus for nuclear fuel assembly
    Patent number: 9659675
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel rod auto-loading apparatus for a nuclear fuel assembly, which disposes fuel rods in a fuel rod case in a bundle to assemble the fuel rods into the nuclear fuel assembly. The fuel rod auto-loading apparatus includes a fuel rod storage unit having a plurality of stacked racks for fuel rods, a fuel rod loading unit raised/lowered to the racks and transferring the fuel rods, a feeding unit placing the fuel rods in rows and loading the fuel rods into the fuel rod case, a fuel rod unloading unit selectively unloading some of the fuel rods stored in the fuel rod storage unit and transferring the fuel rods to the feeding unit, a fuel rod assembly lifter which is disposed parallel to the feeding unit, and a controller controlling driving of the fuel rod loading unit, the feeding unit, and the fuel rod unloading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Young Lee, Chang Hwan Hwang, Hung Soon Chang, Soon Ki Guk, Yeon Doo Jung, Ui Jea Lee
  • FUEL ROD AUTO-LOADING APPARATUS FOR NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140192945
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel rod auto-loading apparatus for a nuclear fuel assembly, which disposes fuel rods in a fuel rod case in a bundle to assemble the fuel rods into the nuclear fuel assembly. The fuel rod auto-loading apparatus includes a fuel rod storage unit having a plurality of stacked racks for fuel rods, a fuel rod loading unit raised/lowered to the racks and transferring the fuel rods, a feeding unit placing the fuel rods in rows and loading the fuel rods into the fuel rod case, a fuel rod unloading unit selectively unloading some of the fuel rods stored in the fuel rod storage unit and transferring the fuel rods to the feeding unit, a fuel rod assembly lifter which is disposed parallel to the feeding unit, and a controller controlling driving of the fuel rod loading unit, the feeding unit, and the fuel rod unloading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Young LEE, Chang Hwan HWANG, Hung Soon CHANG, Soon Ki GUK, Yeon Doo JUNG, Ui Jea LEE