Inventor · Colchester, CT, US

Thomas J. Praisner

32Patents
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34Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 18, 2004 → Jan 26, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7887297B2 Airfoil array with an endwall protrusion and components of the array Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 31 Active
US7251592B1 Boundary layer transition model Physics 31 Expired
US8105037B2 Endwall with leading-edge hump Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 29 Active
US8356975B2 Gas turbine engine with non-axisymmetric surface contoured vane platform Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8061980B2 Separation-resistant inlet duct for mid-turbine frames Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8075259B2 Turbine vane airfoil with turning flow and axial/circumferential trailing edge configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8511978B2 Airfoil array with an endwall depression and components of the array Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US8016567B2 Separation resistant aerodynamic article Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8424313B1 Gas turbine engine mid turbine frame with flow turning features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8561414B1 Gas turbine engine mid turbine frame with flow turning features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8366399B2 Blade or vane with a laterally enlarged base Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Active
US7686567B2 Airfoil embodying mixed loading conventions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8517686B2 Flow passage for gas turbine engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9175567B2 Low loss airfoil platform trailing edge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7150427B1 Boundary layer transition model Physics 6 Expired
US8678740B2 Turbomachine flow path having circumferentially varying outer periphery Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Active
US8915090B2 Gas turbine engine mid turbine frame with flow turning features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9803559B2 Variable vane and seal arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US10808540B2 Case for gas turbine engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9212558B2 Endwall contouring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9976433B2 Gas turbine engine with non-axisymmetric surface contoured rotor blade platform Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9926806B2 Turbomachine flow path having circumferentially varying outer periphery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10508549B2 Gas turbine engine airfoil with large thickness properties Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9157326B2 Airfoil for improved flow distribution with high radial offset Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10294795B2 High pitch-to-chord turbine airfoils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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