Franz Joos
27Patents
12h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 19, 1986 → Mar 30, 2009
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5782626A | Airblast atomizer nozzle | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 73 | Expired |
| US5784889A | Device for damping thermoacoustic pressure vibrations | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 59 | Expired |
| US5373693A | Burner for gas turbine engines with axially adjustable swirler | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 50 | Expired |
| US5729967A | Method of operating a gas turbine on reformed fuel | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 48 | Expired |
| US4842197A | Fuel injection apparatus and associated method | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 35 | Expired |
| US5487659A | Fuel lance for liquid and/or gaseous fuels and method for operation thereof | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
| US6085514A | Method of steam cooling thermally highly loaded units of a gas-turbine group | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US5699667A | Gas-operated premixing burner for gas turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US7104065B2 | Damping arrangement for reducing combustion-chamber pulsation in a gas turbine system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Expired |
| US5593302A | Combustion chamber having self-ignition | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 18 | Expired |
| US6370879B1 | Damping device for reducing the vibration amplitude of acoustic waves for a burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US6490864B1 | Burner with damper for attenuating thermo acoustic instabilities | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 16 | Expired |
| US5664943A | Method and device for operating a combined burner for liquid and gaseous fuels | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US6128894A | Method of operating a burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US6402059B1 | Fuel lance for spraying liquid and/or gaseous fuels into a combustion chamber, and method of operating such a fuel lance | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US5357743A | Burner for gas turbine engines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US6325618A | Fuel lance for spraying liquid and/or gaseous fuels into a combustion chamber | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US6883730B2 | Atomizing nozzle for a burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US6216644A | Flow duct with cross-sectional step | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US7096670B2 | Method for igniting the combustion chamber of a gas turbine unit and an ignition device for carrying out the method | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Expired |
| US4723413A | Reverse flow combustion chamber, especially reverse flow ring combustion chamber, for gas turbine propulsion units, with at least one flame tube wall film-cooling arrangement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
| US6398491B1 | Multistage turbocompressor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Expired |
| US6718773B2 | Method for igniting a thermal turbomachine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Expired |
| US6449951B1 | Combustion device for generating hot gases | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Expired |
| US9170023B2 | Operation of a gas turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.