Inventor · Granger, IN, US

Thomas C. Corke

14Patents
9h-index
16Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 16, 2004 → Dec 27, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7380756B1 Single dielectric barrier aerodynamic plasma actuation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Active
US8308112B2 Plasma actuators for drag reduction on wings, nacelles and/or fuselage of vertical take-off and landing aircraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US8091950B2 Methods and apparatus for reducing drag via a plasma actuator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US8267355B1 Method of controlling aircraft, missiles, munitions and ground vehicles with plasma actuators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US7275013B1 Plasma anemometer and method for using same Physics 16 Expired
US8513583B2 Methods and apparatus for plasma based adaptive optics for generating a first plasma gradient and a second plasma gradient Physics 15 Active
US9541106B1 Plasma optimized aerostructures for efficient flow control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7954768B1 Method of controlling aircraft, missiles, munitions and ground vehicles with plasma actuators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8640995B2 System and method for aerodynamic flow control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US9848485B2 Methods and apparatus for pulsed-DC dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator and circuit Electricity 9 Active
US10527074B2 Method and apparatus of plasma flow control for drag reduction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8185349B2 Plasma sensors and related methods Physics 3 Active
US7908115B2 Plasma sensors and related methods Physics 2 Active
US11053962B2 Method and apparatus of plasma flow control for drag reduction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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