G21C 3/3432
Grids designed to influence the coolant, i.e. coolant mixing function
Official title: {Grids designed to influence the coolant, i.e. coolant mixing function}
G21C3/3432 (Grids designed to influence the coolant, i.e. coolant mixing function) appears on 19 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 19
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 76
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Coolant flow mixer grid for a nuclear reactor fuel assembly42US 4,692,302 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1987
- Fuel assembly spacer grid with swirl deflectors and hydraulic pressure springs29US 6,236,702 B1Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute · 2001
- Partial grid for a nuclear reactor fuel assembly19US 4,576,786 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1986
- Grid with mixing fins for a nuclear fuel assembly17US 4,758,403 AFragema · 1988
- Swirl type spacer for boiling water reactor fuel10US 5,371,768 AGeneral Electric Company · 1994