Inventor · Avon, IN, US

Charles B. Graves

22Patents
11h-index
25Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 29, 1992 → Apr 6, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5966937A Radial inlet swirler with twisted vanes for fuel injector Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 101 Expired
US5603211A Outer shear layer swirl mixer for a combustor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 90 Expired
US5987889A Fuel injector for producing outer shear layer flame for combustion Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 78 Expired
US7334410B2 Swirler Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 61 Expired
US7251940B2 Air assist fuel injector for a combustor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 59 Expired
US5385015A Augmentor burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 48 Expired
US6701714B2 Gas turbine combustor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 37 Expired
US9423129B2 Shell and tiled liner arrangement for a combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US6675587B2 Counter swirl annular combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US9651258B2 Shell and tiled liner arrangement for a combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US5307635A Fuel nozzle with combined radial and axial bellows Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US6625971B2 Fuel nozzle producing skewed spray pattern Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US8590313B2 Precision counter-swirl combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7836699B2 Combustor nozzle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Active
US9765969B2 Counter swirl doublet combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9422865B2 Bi-metal fastener for thermal growth compensation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US9605550B2 Bi-metal strip-seal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US10458652B2 Shell and tiled liner arrangement for a combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9574575B2 Multi-passage diffuser with reactivated boundary layer Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US11566787B2 Tile attachment scheme for counter swirl doublet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10920983B2 Counter-swirl doublet combustor with plunged holes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11274829B2 Shell and tiled liner arrangement for a combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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