Reactor pressure vessel including pipe restraint device, and/or pipe restraint device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11530769
APP PUB NO 20200116286A1
SERIAL NO

16591971

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A reactor pressure vessel includes a reactor pressure vessel body, a nozzle structure connected to the reactor pressure vessel body, a conduit structure connected to the nozzle structure, and a restraint device attached around a portion of the conduit structure. The restraint device includes collar parts that have cross sections corresponding to respective segments of a periphery of the portion of the conduit structure, brackets attached to the nozzle structure, and rods connecting the brackets to the collar parts. The collar parts are connected end-to-end to each other such that a cross section of the collar parts connected to each other corresponds to the periphery of the portion of the conduit structure. The collar parts are pinned to each other. The brackets spaced apart from each other around a periphery of the nozzle structure.

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GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLCWILMINGTON NC 28401

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, Randy Morris Wilmington, US 4 4
Deaver, Gerald Alan Wilmington, US 12 122
Melito, Joel Patrick Wilmington, US 4 4
Nix, Lorne Eugene Wilmington, US 8 2

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