Robert James Bracken
14Patents
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24Co-inventors
62Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 25, 2003 → Aug 13, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.