Patents by Inventor Younhwa Lee

Younhwa Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20210110941
    Abstract: A spacer grid of a nuclear fuel assembly having a simple shape structure is proposed. The spacer grid includes square grid cells having respective inner walls and constituting a square lattice structure. Each of the grid cells includes a plurality of springs for elastically supporting a fuel rod. Each of the plurality of the springs has a fixed end along a vertical direction on each of the inner walls and a free end curvedly provided in a horizontal direction from the fixed end. The grid cells also include a plurality of flow channels each provided in the vertical direction to each of the grid cells and a plurality of mixing vanes each protrudingly provided in a downstream direction of cooling water flow at end parts of each of the grid cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanghoon Kim, Kwangho Yun, Euijae Kim, Byeungseok Kim, Younhwa Lee, Sangjoon Park
  • Patent number: D682495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haejin Kim, Matt Sang Chul Lee, Sangmin Hyun, Younhwa Lee