Gary B. Merrill
81Patents
21h-index
67Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: May 22, 1996 → Oct 4, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6514046B1 | Ceramic composite vane with metallic substructure | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 159 | Expired |
| US6709230B2 | Ceramic matrix composite gas turbine vane | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 131 | Expired |
| US6197424A | Use of high temperature insulation for ceramic matrix composites in gas turbines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 121 | Expired |
| US6235370A | High temperature erosion resistant, abradable thermal barrier composite coating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 89 | Expired |
| US6733907B2 | Hybrid ceramic material composed of insulating and structural ceramic layers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 83 | Expired |
| US6013592A | High temperature insulation for ceramic matrix composites | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 77 | Expired |
| US7093359B2 | Composite structure formed by CMC-on-insulation process | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Expired |
| US6641907B1 | High temperature erosion resistant coating and material containing compacted hollow geometric shapes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 61 | Expired |
| US6617013B2 | Ceramic matrix composite having improved interlaminar strength | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5780146A | Abradable composition, a method of manufacturing an abradable composition and a gas turbine engine having an abradable seal | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 38 | Expired |
| US7819625B2 | Abradable CMC stacked laminate ring segment for a gas turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 37 | Active |
| US7247003B2 | Stacked lamellate assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 36 | Expired |
| US6287511A | High temperature insulation for ceramic matrix composites | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 31 | Expired |
| US8247062B2 | Methodology and tooling arrangements for increasing interlaminar shear strength in a ceramic matrix composite structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Active |
| US7258530B2 | CMC component and method of fabrication | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US8293356B2 | Subsurface inclusions of objects for increasing interlaminar shear strength of a ceramic matrix composite structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Active |
| US8206087B2 | Sealing arrangement for turbine engine having ceramic components | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Active |
| US8167573B2 | Gas turbine airfoil | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Active |
| US6676783B1 | High temperature insulation for ceramic matrix composites | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 24 | Expired |
| US8936068B2 | Method of casting a component having interior passageways | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Active |
| US8813812B2 | Turbine component casting core with high resolution region | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Active |
| US5962076A | Abradable composition, a method of manufacturing an abradable composition and a gas turbine engine having an abradable seal | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US7686577B2 | Stacked laminate fiber wrapped segment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Active |
| US6984277B2 | Bond enhancement for thermally insulated ceramic matrix composite materials | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US6929852B2 | Protective overlayer for ceramics | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.