John Fernihough
23Patents
12h-index
14Co-inventors
70Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 13, 1999 → Aug 10, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6265022A | Process of plugging cooling holes of a gas turbine component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 51 | Expired |
| US6419763B1 | Nickel-base superalloy | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 25 | Expired |
| US7192622B2 | Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US6705383B2 | Process for the rapid production of hollow components of flow machines for manufacturing development | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US7147899B2 | Process of masking cooling holes of a gas turbine component | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 18 | Expired |
| US7772314B2 | Masking material for holes of a component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US6534975B2 | NONDESTRUCTIVE METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE THICKNESS OF A METALLIC PROTECTIVE LAYER ON A METALLIC BASE MATERIAL VIA A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LAYER BETWEEN THE METALLIC PROTECTIVE LAYER AND THE METALLIC BASE MATERIAL | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6811379B2 | Tip material for a turbine blade and method of manufacturing or repairing a tip of a turbine blade | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6588103B2 | Tip material for a turbine blade and method of manufacturing or repairing a tip of a turbine blade | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US7083824B2 | Method of protecting a local area of a component | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US6629368B2 | Method for isothermal brazing of single crystal components | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US6131800A | Method for coating and welding stator vanes of a gas turbine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US6569492B2 | Process for repairing a coated component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6311760A | Method and apparatus for casting directionally solidified article | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 10 | Expired |
| US6623790B2 | Method of adjusting the size of cooling holes of a gas turbine component | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Expired |
| US7169242B2 | Method of removing casting defects | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6890587B2 | Method of repairing a ceramic coating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6568456B1 | Method for manufacture of a directionally solidified columnar grained article | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Expired |
| US6471790B1 | Process for strengthening the grain boundaries of a component made from a Ni based superalloy | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
| US7632362B2 | Property recovering method | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US7250088B2 | Directionally solidified columnar grained article and apparatus for manufacture thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Expired |
| US7225857B2 | Apparatus for manufacture of directionally solidified columnar grained article thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Expired |
| US6440238B1 | Process for treating the surface of a component, made from a Ni based superalloy, to be coated | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.