Inventor · Tolland, CT, US

Eric A. Grover

32Patents
8h-index
27Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 18, 2004 → Jun 13, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7251592B1 Boundary layer transition model Physics 31 Expired
US7887297B2 Airfoil array with an endwall protrusion and components of the array Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 31 Active
US8105037B2 Endwall with leading-edge hump Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 29 Active
US8240121B2 Retrofit dirt separator for gas turbine engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US8356975B2 Gas turbine engine with non-axisymmetric surface contoured vane platform Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US9140128B2 Endwall contouring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8511978B2 Airfoil array with an endwall depression and components of the array Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US10995861B2 Cantilevered hydrostatic advanced low leakage seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US7686567B2 Airfoil embodying mixed loading conventions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8366399B2 Blade or vane with a laterally enlarged base Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Active
US8517686B2 Flow passage for gas turbine engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8678740B2 Turbomachine flow path having circumferentially varying outer periphery Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Active
US9212558B2 Endwall contouring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9976433B2 Gas turbine engine with non-axisymmetric surface contoured rotor blade platform Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US11473434B2 Gas turbine engine airfoil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9951638B2 Shaped rim cavity wing surface Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US10385728B2 Airfoil contour for low-loss on-boarding of cooling air through an articulating spindle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US11359726B2 Non-contact seal assembly with multiple axially spaced spring elements Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US11028717B2 Bearing assembly for gas turbine engines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9181815B2 Shaped rim cavity wing surface Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US10982770B2 Hydrostatic seal with extended housing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US11118471B2 Variable area vane endwall treatments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9926806B2 Turbomachine flow path having circumferentially varying outer periphery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11378187B2 Articulating cantilevered hydrostatic seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US10961858B2 Hydrostatic seal with enhanced maneuver response Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active

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