Charles B. Graves
22Patents
11h-index
25Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 29, 1992 → Apr 6, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.