Inventor · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US

Steven Don Arnold

45Patents
20h-index
30Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 2, 1987 → Mar 6, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6269642A Variable geometry turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US6145313A Turbocharger incorporating an integral pump for exhaust gas recirculation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US6637205B1 Electric assist and variable geometry turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6062028A Low speed high pressure ratio turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 44 Expired
US7958727B2 Electric boost compressor and turbine generator system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US6647724B1 Electric boost and/or generator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6899090B2 Dual path EGR system and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US7017706B2 Turbine noise absorber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6679057B2 Variable geometry turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US7013879B2 Dual and hybrid EGR systems for use with turbocharged engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5937650A Exhaust gas recirculation system employing a turbocharger incorporating an integral pump, a control valve and a mixer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6419464B1 Vane for variable nozzle turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 29 Expired
US4726744A Tubocharger with variable vane Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US7165540B2 Dual and hybrid EGR systems for use with turbocharged engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6925802B2 System to improve after-treatment regeneration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6158956A Actuating mechanism for sliding vane variable geometry turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US6418722B1 Turbocharger bearing system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US7568883B2 Turbocharger having two-stage compressor with boreless first-stage impeller Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Active
US7461507B2 High response compact turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6729134B2 Variable geometry turbocharger having internal bypass exhaust gas flow Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US6681573B2 Methods and systems for variable geometry turbocharger control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6948314B2 High response, compact turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6665604B2 Control method for variable geometry turbocharger and related system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6026791A Exhaust gas recirculation valve with integral feedback proportional to volumetric flow Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US8181462B2 Turbocharger with two-stage compressor, including a twin-wheel parallel-flow first stage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active

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