Robert Proctor
59Patents
18h-index
137Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 13, 1990 → Feb 15, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5169287A | Shroud cooling assembly for gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 104 | Expired |
| US5205115A | Gas turbine engine case counterflow thermal control | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 74 | Expired |
| US6139257A | Shroud cooling assembly for gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 70 | Expired |
| US5593277A | Smart turbine shroud | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 67 | Expired |
| US5165847A | Tapered enlargement metering inlet channel for a shroud cooling assembly of gas turbine engines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 60 | Expired |
| US5562408A | Isolated turbine shroud | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| US5553999A | Sealable turbine shroud hanger | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 46 | Expired |
| US5593276A | Turbine shroud hanger | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 45 | Expired |
| US6185925A | External cooling system for turbine frame | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Expired |
| US5641267A | Controlled leakage shroud panel | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 34 | Expired |
| US5281084A | Curved film cooling holes for gas turbine engine vanes | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 28 | Expired |
| US5205708A | High pressure turbine component interference fit up | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5984630A | Reduced windage high pressure turbine forward outer seal | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Expired |
| US9803486B2 | Bi-cast turbine vane | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US11187094B2 | Spline for a turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 19 | Active |
| US7341429B2 | Methods and apparatuses for cooling gas turbine engine rotor assemblies | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 19 | Active |
| US6550254B2 | Gas turbine engine bleed scoops | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 19 | Expired |
| US9341074B2 | Active clearance control manifold system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Active |
| US8307943B2 | High pressure drop muffling system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Active |
| US7048496B2 | Turbine cooling, purge, and sealing system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US9886015B2 | Additive manufacturing including layer-by-layer imaging | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US8511096B1 | High bleed flow muffling system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US6293554A | Brush seal segment having bristle damping | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Expired |
| US6722137B2 | Methods and apparatus for regulating turbine clearance control system airflow | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US7363762B2 | Gas turbine engines seal assembly and methods of assembling the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.