G21C 3/356
Being provided with fuel element supporting members
Official title: being provided with fuel element supporting members
G21C3/356 (Being provided with fuel element supporting members) appears on 185 US grants and 73 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 185
- Published applications
- 73
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 291
- Latest grant
- 19 Nov 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tube grid cell for a nuclear fuel bundle19 Nov 2024US 12,148,540 B2Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB
- Spacer grid using tubular cells26 Mar 2024US 11,942,230 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Three dimensional printed precision magnets for fuel assembly6 Sep 2022US 11,437,155 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Nuclear fuel assembly support feature2 Aug 2022US 11,404,176 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Spacer grid using tubular cells with mixing vanes27 Oct 2020US 10,818,402 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Three dimensional printed precision magnets for fuel assembly20 Jul 2023US 2023/0230713 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Spacer grid of nuclear fuel assembly22 Jun 2023US 2023/0197297 A1Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
- Three dimensional printed precision magnets for fuel assembly20 Apr 2023US 2023/0122593 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Tube Grid Cell8 Dec 2022US 2022/0392652 A1Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB
- Spacer Grid Of Nuclear Fuel Assembly Having Simple Shape Structure15 Apr 2021US 2021/0110941 A1Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nuclear fuel rod support grid with attachable spring and dimple support spacers49US 4,885,127 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1989
- Nuclear reactor fuel assemblies48US 7,085,340 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 2006
- Mixing grid47US 4,726,926 AAdvanced Nuclear Fuels Corporation · 1988
- Nuclear fuel rod support grid with generally S-shaped spring structures46US 4,957,697 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1990
- Fuel assembly and associated grid for nuclear reactor46US 6,819,733 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 2004