Inventor · Colton, WA, US

Donald E. Tilton

31Patents
19h-index
30Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 9, 1991 → Mar 13, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5220804A High heat flux evaporative spray cooling Electricity 178 Expired
US6952346B2 Etched open microchannel spray cooling Electricity 68 Expired
US5719444A Packaging and cooling system for power semi-conductor Electricity 68 Expired
US6108201A Fluid control apparatus and method for spray cooling Electricity 63 Expired
US5880931A Spray cooled circuit card cage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US8442674B2 Container-less custom beverage vending invention Performing Operations; Transporting 54 Active
US7372698B1 Electronics equipment heat exchanger system Electricity 51 Active
US6016969A Laminated array of pressure swirl atomizers Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Expired
US5314529A Entrained droplet separator Performing Operations; Transporting 41 Expired
US9026245B2 Container-less custom beverage vending invention Performing Operations; Transporting 41 Active
US5860602A Laminated array of pressure swirl atomizers Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Expired
US6955062B2 Spray cooling system for transverse thin-film evaporative spray cooling Electricity 37 Expired
US5713327A Liquid fuel injection device with pressure-swirl atomizers Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 35 Expired
US6836131B2 Spray cooling and transparent cooling plate thermal management system Physics 33 Expired
US7602608B2 Narrow gap spray cooling in a globally cooled enclosure Electricity 30 Active
US7299647B2 Spray cooling system for transverse thin-film evaporative spray cooling Electricity 29 Expired
US7469551B2 Globally cooled computer system Physics 27 Active
US7495914B2 Narrow gap spray cooling in a globally cooled enclosure Electricity 23 Active
US6889515B2 Spray cooling system Electricity 21 Expired
US7009842B2 Three dimensional packaging and cooling of mixed signal, mixed power density electronic modules Electricity 19 Expired
US7078803B2 Integrated circuit heat dissipation system Electricity 18 Expired
US7301772B2 Three dimensional packaging and cooling of mixed signal, mixed power density electronic modules Electricity 14 Expired
US7992626B1 Combination spray and cold plate thermal management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8174828B2 Narrow gap spray cooling in a globally cooled enclosure Electricity 9 Active
US7044768B1 Liquid thermal management socket system Electricity 8 Expired

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