Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for suspending thermal shielding within a nuclear reactor

US4324619A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
3References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1979
Grant dateApr 13, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 1, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/496
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for suspending thermal shielding within a nuclear reactor. The apparatus includes a plurality of horizontally deformable, interconnected links which form a chain and suspend a series of horizontally disposed equally spaced thermally reflective plates from beneath the upper horizontal boundary of a nuclear reactor. The deformable links minimize heat transfer and accommodate both seismic and differential thermal expansion of the reflective plates.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.