Patent · US Expired

Shock absorbers

US4627956A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

12References

2Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Transnuclear, Inc. · US

Inventors

Werner Botzem · Alzenau, DE
Elmar Schlich · Grundau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 1984
Grant date	Dec 9, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 15, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21F5/08
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a shock absorber for containers for the transportation and/or storage of radioactive materials consisting of one or more radially or axially arranged chambers which are filled with shock absorbing material characterized by the shock absorber containing cup spring shaped sheets having a curvature directed away from the container.

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