Inventor · Simpsonville, SC, US

Jon Conrad Schaeffer

87Patents
20h-index
138Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 5, 1991 → Sep 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.