Christopher McAuliffe
74Patents
16h-index
41Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 3, 1990 → Mar 25, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5113670A | Bearing cooling arrangement for air cycle machine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Expired |
| US7394175B2 | Integral motor and air bearing cooling path | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US7342332B2 | Air bearing and motor cooling | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
| US7757502B2 | RAM fan system for an aircraft environmental control system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Active |
| US5309735A | Four wheel air cycle machine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US5133194A | Air cycle machine and fan inlet/diffuser therefor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 41 | Expired |
| US7402020B2 | ACM cooling flow path and thrust load design | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 31 | Active |
| US5224842A | Air cycle machine with interstage venting | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
| US5311749A | Turbine bypass working fluid admission | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US6926490B2 | Self-actuated bearing cooling flow shut-off valve | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 25 | Expired |
| US8347647B2 | Air cycle machine for an aircraft environmental control system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Active |
| US7648279B2 | Journal air bearing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Active |
| US5784894A | Integral bypass valves and air cycle machine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Expired |
| US8419283B2 | Journal air bearing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Active |
| US8931304B2 | Centrifugal compressor cooling path arrangement | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 18 | Active |
| US7407367B2 | Variable area diffuser | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 16 | Active |
| US7648280B2 | Weight reduction for journal air bearing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Active |
| US8910653B2 | Valve assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US10155592B2 | Environmental control system with air cycle machine bypass shutoff valves | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Active |
| US5142762A | Air cycle machine alignment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US7575421B2 | Integral motor cooling and compressor inlet | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Active |
| US7140839B2 | Variable area diffuser vane geometry | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US8496533B2 | Journal bearing with dual pass cooling for air machine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Active |
| US9784126B2 | Variable-sized cooling air flow path | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US10160546B2 | Air cycle machine with cooling air flow path | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.