Patents by Inventor Yves Depierre

Yves Depierre 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).

  • Device for the thermal protection of an internal structure of a liquid metal cooled fast reactor
    Patent number: 4298431
    Abstract: The fast reactor structure to be protected comprises a wall and a parallel cylindrical shell having a free top edge which forms an overflow sill. A diverted flow of liquid metal withdrawn from a principal volume is circulated upwards through a vertical space formed between the wall and the shell. The shell surface which is remote from the space is provided with a packing of heat-insulating elements so that the overflowing sheet of liquid metal which falls on the downstream side of the overflow sill passes through the packing before returning into the principal volume of liquid metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Yves Depierre, Jacques A. Figuet, Guy Lemercier