Inventor · Niskayuna, NY, US

Robert James Bracken

14Patents
5h-index
24Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 25, 2003 → Aug 13, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7287956B2 Removable abradable seal carriers for sealing between rotary and stationary turbine components Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US7645117B2 Rotary machines and methods of assembling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7410345B2 Turbine nozzle retention key Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US6908279B2 Method of installing stationary blades of a turbine and turbine structure having a radial loading pin Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7270512B2 Stacked steampath and grooved bucket wheels for steam turbines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US9057278B2 Turbine bucket including an integral rotation controlling feature Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7407370B2 Axial and circumferential seal for stacked rotor and/or stator assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US7866949B2 Methods and apparatus for fabricating a rotor for a steam turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US7497658B2 Stacked reaction steam turbine stator assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Expired
US8100641B2 Steam turbine having stage with buckets of different materials Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US8105032B2 Systems and methods for internally cooling a wheel of a steam turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US7921556B2 Fully bladed closure for tangential entry round skirt dovetails Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7537430B2 Stacked reaction steam turbine rotor assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Expired
US9726026B2 Turbine rotor and blade assembly with multi-piece locking blade Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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