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Patrick A Hellandbrand

from Bluffton, SC
Age ~77

Patrick Hellandbrand Phones & Addresses

  • 215 Station Pkwy, Bluffton, SC 29910 (843) 815-2232
  • 163 Old Post Rd, Tolland, CT 06084 (860) 896-0229
  • 131 Wildflower Rd, East Hartford, CT 06118 (860) 568-7935
  • Manchester, CT
  • Putnam, CT
  • Pomfret Center, CT
  • Dayville, CT
  • Beaufort, SC
  • Windsor, CT
  • Chepachet, RI

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Us Patents

Nuclear Fuel Assembly Control Rod Drive Thimble To Bottom Nozzle Connector

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US Patent:
20070286326, Dec 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun 9, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/450077
Inventors:
Patrick A. Hellandbrand - East Hartford CT, US
Stephen C. Kereakoglow - Columbia SC, US
Michael O. Bausch - Lexington SC, US
Richard P. Broders - Grandby CT, US
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC - Monroeville PA
International Classification:
G21C 3/32
US Classification:
376446
Abstract:
A secure connection between the bottom nozzle of a nuclear fuel assembly and the control rod guide thimbles having two or four crimped pockets in the side wall of a bottom nozzle leg counterbore which are formed by drilling two or four blind holes through the top surface of the bottom nozzle. After attaching the bottom nozzle to the fuel assembly with a crimp bolt a pneumatic tool is then inserted into a flanged cup feature on the crimp bolt head and the flanged portion of the cup feature of the crimp bolt is deformed into the crimp pockets. The crimp pockets are contained within the leg counterbore and prevent the screw from rotating or falling out of the assembly in the event of preload loss or screw fracture.

Nuclear Fuel Assembly

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US Patent:
20080137799, Jun 12, 2008
Filed:
Nov 1, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/591328
Inventors:
Patrick A. Hellandbrand - East Hartford CT, US
Richard P. Broders - Granby CT, US
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC - Monroeville PA
International Classification:
G21C 3/34
US Classification:
376438
Abstract:
A nuclear fuel assembly having an instrumentation tube having an insert that centers the in-core instrumentation while permitting bugling or welding of the instrumentation tube wall to a grid strap to obtain a rigid connection there between at any elevation along the instrumentation tube.

Grid Insert For The Lowermost Grid In A Fuel Assembly

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US Patent:
20050238131, Oct 27, 2005
Filed:
Apr 21, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/828979
Inventors:
Patrick Hellandbrand - East Hartford CT, US
Michael Martin - Simsbury CT, US
Richard Broders - Granby CT, US
International Classification:
G21C017/00
US Classification:
376438000
Abstract:
A lowermost grid for a nuclear fuel cell includes a grid insert secured therein. The grid insert is a tube having an inwardly projecting retention lip at its lower end. The lowermost grid is secured to a lower nozzle by a mechanical fastener passing through a hole in the lower nozzle, through the grid insert's lower end, where it engages a guide tube, thereby sandwiching the retention lip between the guide tube's end fitting and the lower nozzle. A method of securing the lowermost grid to the lower nozzle is also provided.
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