G21C 21/08
By a slip-fit cladding process by crimping the jacket around the fuel
Official title: by a slip-fit cladding process {by crimping the jacket around the fuel}
G21C21/08 (By a slip-fit cladding process by crimping the jacket around the fuel) appears on 12 US grants and 3 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 12
- Published applications
- 3
- Assignees
- 9
- Inventors
- 15
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Nuclear fuel pellet loading machine21US 3,940,908 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1976
- Nuclear fuel rod loading apparatus20US 4,235,066 AGeneral Electric Company · 1980
- Apparatus and method for assembling fuel elements7US 4,066,534 AGeneral Atomic Company · 1978
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing fuel rods7US 4,243,078 AASEA Aktiebolag · 1981
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