Inventor · Morgantown, WV, US

John L. Loth

18Patents
10h-index
13Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 18, 1975 → Mar 10, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6724687B1 Characterizing oil, gasor geothermal wells, including fractures thereof Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 85 Expired
US4105363A Overspeed control arrangement for vertical axis wind turbines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US4045144A Wind energy concentrators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US7134631B2 Vorticity cancellation at trailing edge for induced drag elimination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5239959A Isolated combustion and diluted expansion (ICADE) piston engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4341530A Slurry atomizer for a coal-feeder and dryer used to provide coal at gasifier pressure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4154220A Flat-plate solar collector with air flowing through the grooves in a foam absorber surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6425553B1 Piezoelectric actuators for circulation controlled rotorcraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4600172A Retractable rounded trailing edge for circulation control wing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6994057B2 Compression ignition engine by air injection from air-only cylinder to adjacent air-fuel cylinder Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US5683514A Coating control apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US4199274A Flow measuring flume of adjustable capacity Physics 8 Expired
US7563322B2 Method and apparatus for online flow control over the span of a high aspect ratio slot jet Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Active
US5614266A Continuous strip coating control methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US5401317A Coating control apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US6899061B1 Compression ignition by air injection cycle and engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7040482B2 Bearing life extender for conveyor type rollers Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US8251041B2 Accelerated compression ignition engine for HCCI Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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