Jon Conrad Schaeffer
87Patents
20h-index
138Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 5, 1991 → Sep 13, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5683825A | Thermal barrier coating resistant to erosion and impact by particulate matter | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 115 | Expired |
| US5355668A | Catalyst-bearing component of gas turbine engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 115 | Expired |
| US6910868B2 | Airfoil shape for a turbine bucket | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 102 | Expired |
| US6461110B1 | First-stage high pressure turbine bucket airfoil | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 62 | Expired |
| US6306524A | Diffusion barrier layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Expired |
| US6123997A | Method for forming a thermal barrier coating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Expired |
| US5975852A | Thermal barrier coating system and method therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US6884038B2 | Airfoil shape for a turbine bucket | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Expired |
| US5780110A | Method for manufacturing thermal barrier coated articles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US6969558B2 | Low sulfur article having a platinum-aluminide protective layer, and its preparation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US5683761A | Alpha alumina protective coatings for bond-coated substrates and their preparation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US9034247B2 | Alumina-forming cobalt-nickel base alloy and method of making an article therefrom | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 27 | Active |
| US5891267A | Thermal barrier coating system and method therefor | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 25 | Expired |
| US6054184A | Method for forming a multilayer thermal barrier coating | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 23 | Expired |
| US5837385A | Environmental coating for nickel aluminide components and a method therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US5334263A | Substrate stabilization of diffusion aluminide coated nickel-based superalloys | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US6458473B1 | Diffusion aluminide bond coat for a thermal barrier coating system and method therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US7150921B2 | Bi-layer HVOF coating with controlled porosity for use in thermal barrier coatings | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US5598968A | Method for preventing recrystallization after cold working a superalloy article | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US6066405A | Nickel-base superalloy having an optimized platinum-aluminide coating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6908518B2 | Nickel base superalloys and turbine components fabricated therefrom | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 17 | Expired |
| US6532657B1 | Pre-service oxidation of gas turbine disks and seals | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US5851409A | Method for removing an environmental coating | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 14 | Expired |
| US8857055B2 | Process and system for forming shaped air holes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US6447932B1 | Substrate stabilization of superalloys protected by an aluminum-rich coating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.