US PATENT SUBCLASS 376 / 453
.~ Fuel support or covering provided with fins, projections, prongs, etc.)

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376 /   HD   INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTIONS: PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, AND ELEMENTS

409  DF  FUEL COMPONENT STRUCTURE {10}
453.~ Fuel support or covering provided with fins, projections, prongs, etc.) {1}
454  DF  .~.~> With external fins, projections, prongs, etc.

DEFINITION

Classification: 376/453

Fuel support or covering provided with fins, projections, prongs, etc.:

(under subclass 409) Subject matter having means to contain, cover, or support the fuel, which means is provided with internal or external projections, protuberances, prongs, fins, or other similar structure.

(1) Note. The fins, etc., may serve such diverse functions as spacing members, support, dividers, aligning of or with heat exchange and fluid flow passages, etc.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

436, for wire-wrapped fuel pins in a pack or bundle.