Inventor · Oviedo, FL, US

Robert Bland

29Patents
15h-index
32Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 8, 1975 → Oct 31, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6438961B2 Swozzle based burner tube premixer including inlet air conditioner for low emissions combustion Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 154 Expired
US6772583B2 Can combustor for a gas turbine engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 91 Expired
US8127558B2 Gas turbine engine adapted for use in combination with an apparatus for separating a portion of oxygen from compressed air Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Active
US6494044B1 Aerodynamic devices for enhancing sidepanel cooling on an impingement cooled transition duct and related method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 55 Expired
US7237389B2 Attachment system for ceramic combustor liner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 45 Expired
US7096671B2 Catalytic combustion system and method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 37 Expired
US6698207B1 Flame-holding, single-mode nozzle assembly with tip cooling Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 33 Expired
US7503177B2 Combustion dynamics monitoring Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 33 Active
US7631499B2 Axially staged combustion system for a gas turbine engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 31 Active
US7080514B2 High frequency dynamics resonator assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 29 Expired
US7805922B2 Fuel flow tuning for a stage of a gas turbine engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Active
US7762074B2 Air flow conditioner for a combustor can of a gas turbine engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Active
US6786047B2 Flashback resistant pre-mix burner for a gas turbine combustor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US7080515B2 Gas turbine can annular combustor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US7584617B2 Monitoring health of a combustion dynamics sensing system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Active
US7690203B2 Removable diffusion stage for gas turbine engine fuel nozzle assemblages Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Active
US7640725B2 Pilot fuel flow tuning for gas turbine combustors Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Active
US4055791A Self commutated SCR power supply Electricity 11 Expired
US7827801B2 Gas turbine engine transitions comprising closed cooled transition cooling channels Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US7574865B2 Combustor flow sleeve with optimized cooling and airflow distribution Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US7836677B2 At least one combustion apparatus and duct structure for a gas turbine engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US8146364B2 Non-rectangular resonator devices providing enhanced liner cooling for combustion chamber Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US7870739B2 Gas turbine engine curved diffuser with partial impingement cooling apparatus for transitions Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Active
US8499564B2 Pilot burner for gas turbine engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US7926279B2 Extended life fuel nozzle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active

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