Inventor · Greenville, SC, US

Abdul Rafey Khan

32Patents
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42Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 23, 2009 → Jun 4, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8281596B1 Combustor assembly for a turbomachine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 83 Active
US8276385B2 Staged multi-tube premixing injector Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 36 Active
US8464537B2 Fuel nozzle for combustor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 20 Active
US8123150B2 Variable area fuel nozzle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Active
US8919127B2 System and method for flow control in gas turbine engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Active
US8863525B2 Combustor with fuel staggering for flame holding mitigation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Active
US8850821B2 System for fuel injection in a fuel nozzle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Active
US8959921B2 Flame tolerant secondary fuel nozzle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Active
US8931283B2 Reformed multi-fuel premixed low emission combustor and related method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US9267687B2 Combustion system having a venturi for reducing wakes in an airflow Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Active
US8141363B2 Apparatus and method for cooling nozzles Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Active
US9291098B2 Turbomachine and staged combustion system of a turbomachine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Active
US8966907B2 Turbine combustor system having aerodynamic feed cap Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US8397514B2 System and method for flow control in gas turbine engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8365536B2 Dual fuel combustor nozzle for a turbomachine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US8677760B2 Fuel nozzle with integrated passages and method of operation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US8650851B2 Systems and methods for controlling fuel flow within a machine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US8899975B2 Combustor having wake air injection Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US8256226B2 Radial lean direct injection burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US9395084B2 Fuel pre-mixer with planar and swirler vanes Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US8869502B2 Fuel reformer system for a turbomachine system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8978384B2 Swirler assembly with compressor discharge injection to vane surface Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9188340B2 Gas turbine combustor endcover with adjustable flow restrictor and related method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9416974B2 Combustor with fuel staggering for flame holding mitigation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US8607568B2 Dry low NOx combustion system with pre-mixed direct-injection secondary fuel nozzle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.