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Detachable connection for a nuclear reactor fuel assembly

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5962880
This patent describes a connection for releasably attaching a socket member to a tube. It consists of: a tube defined by a wall provided with circumferentially spaced openings adjacent one end; a housing having an internal thread formation and laterally spaced fingers at one end. The fingers have pins engagable within the tube openings, a socket member threadably received within the housing and have a tapered portion at one end for urging the fingers radially outwardly. It also contains a split retaining ring interposed between the housing and the socket member and completely encapsulated.
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4568111
OSTI ID:
5962880
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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