G21C 3/40
Structural combination of fuel element with thermoelectric element for direct production of
Official title: Structural combination of fuel element with thermoelectric element for direct production of electric energy from fission heat (for temperature measurement G21C17/10 ){or with another arrangement for direct production of electric energy, e.g. a thermionic device (combination with thermoelements for temperature measurements G21C17/102)}
G21C3/40 (Structural combination of fuel element with thermoelectric element for direct production of) appears on 18 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 18
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 83
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nuclear reactor core with rotating fuel modules and related systems15 Sep 2026US 12,738,386 B2Jacksonville University
- Micro nuclear reactor having a heat pipe extending into a core comprising fuel particles mixed with moderator particles, where the particles can be gravity discharged from the core through a bottom outlet17 Mar 2026US 12,580,088 B2Seoul National University R&Db Foundation
- Structured plasma cell energy converter for a nuclear reactor7 Jan 2025US 12,191,043 B2
- Structured plasma cell energy converter for a nuclear reactor12 Dec 2023US 11,842,820 B2
- Heavy ion plasma energy reactor24 Oct 2023US 11,798,698 B2
- Spent nuclear fuel disposal container for recovering decay heat by applying thermoelectric element24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290632 A1Korea Radioactive Waste Agency
- Micro nuclear reactor18 Sep 2025US 2025/0292918 A1Seoul National University R&Db Foundation
- Nuclear reactor core with rotating fuel modules and related systems27 Jun 2024US 2024/0212871 A1Jacksonville University
- Structured Plasma Cell Energy Converter For A Nuclear Reactor22 Feb 2024US 2024/0062921 A1
- Heavy Ion Plasma Energy Reactor11 Jan 2024US 2024/0013941 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermionic nuclear reactor with flux shielded components30US 5,408,510 AThe Babcock & Wilcox Company · 1995
- Thermionic energy converters17US 4,040,903 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration · 1977
- Thermionic reactor7US 5,247,548 AThe Babcock & Wilcox Company · 1993
- Metal phthalocyanine on a substrate5US 4,415,526 AMetco Properties · 1983
- Co-60 breeding reactor tandem with thermionic avalanche cell2US 11,037,687 B2United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA · 2021