G21C 19/10
Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or
Official title: Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements (manipulators B25J)
G21C19/10 (Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or) appears on 195 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 195
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 408
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 10 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Integrated monopile system having a nuclear reactor18 Aug 2026US 12,712,090 B2Blue Energy Global Inc.
- Closure head lifting device for a nuclear reactor19 May 2026US 12,633,428 B2Rolls-Royce Smr Limited
- In-vessel core component handling systems and methods28 Apr 2026US 12,614,644 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Integrated head package10 Mar 2026US 12,573,514 B2Rolls-Royce Smr Limited
- Fuel handling system, layout, and process for nuclear reactor17 Feb 2026US 12,555,694 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Refueling platform for integrated monopile system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296604 A1Blue Energy Global Inc.
- Chain container reactor6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229374 A1Unists
- Fuel handling system, layout, and process for nuclear reactor25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179795 A1TerraPower, LLC
- Nuclear instrument removal system for use with processing a nuclear instrument, associated feed and cut module, and method of processing a nuclear instrument21 May 2026US 2026/0142047 A1Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd.
- Nuclear reactor system with lift-out core assembly30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120900 A1Radiant Industries, Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel rod gripper end cap for minimizing impact with grid cell dimples32US 4,966,745 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1990
- Fuel rod gripper end cap for minimizing impact with grid cell dimples30US 5,043,134 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1991
- Refueling machine for a nuclear reactor28US 4,311,557 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1982
- Method for refuelling a nuclear reactor and device for carrying out said method26US 4,134,789 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1979
- Tool for handling a cluster of rods of consumable poison26US 5,227,125 AFramatome · 1993