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Connecting device for connecting a guide tube to a lower end nozzle in a nuclear fuel assembly

US10102931B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AREVA NP · FR

Inventors

Erhard Friedrich · Eckental, DE
Gregor Munsterjohann · Fairview Avenue, DE
Bernd Block · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2009
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/30
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A connecting device including a nut, a screw, a body having a bore for screwing the screw to the nut through the bore with the screw abutting an abutment surface of the body, a screw locking device for preventing loosening of the screw.According to one aspect of the invention, the locking device is adapted for axially retaining the screw into the body after unscrewing the screw.

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