G21C 17/007
Inspection of the outer surfaces of vessels
G21C17/007 (Inspection of the outer surfaces of vessels) appears on 41 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 25
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 121
- Latest grant
- 22 Feb 2022
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| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for inspecting core shroud using remote operated vehicle (ROV)22 Feb 2022US 11,257,599 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Inspection tool26 Jan 2021US 10,902,961 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Remotely operated vehicles, systems, and methods for inspecting core shrouds20 Oct 2020US 10,811,150 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Method and device for inspecting a nuclear reactor part21 Jul 2020US 10,720,251 B2Framatome
- Nuclear instrumentation system and method for locating the same9 Jun 2020US 10,679,760 B2China General Nuclear Power Corporation
- Inspection device, inspection system, and inspection method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235558 A1IHI Corporation
- Ultrasonic monitoring system of the nuclear reactor above core space6 Jan 2022US 2022/0005620 A1
- Method for inspecting core shroud using remote operated vehicle (rov)29 Apr 2021US 2021/0125738 A1GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Inspection tool5 Nov 2020US 2020/0350086 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Method and device for inspecting a nuclear reactor part1 Aug 2019US 2019/0237208 A1Framatome
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for detecting cracks in welds64US 7,412,890 B1General Electric Company · 2008
- Vessel examination system58US 3,988,922 AGeneral Electric Company · 1976
- Vessel examination system47US 4,010,636 AGeneral Electric Company · 1977
- Ultrasonic flaw detector30US 4,474,064 AHitachi Engineering Co., Ltd. · 1984
- Inspection system25US 4,432,931 AElectric Power Research Institute, Inc. · 1984