Inventor · Brownsburg, IN, US

Walter Blejde

45Patents
6h-index
43Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 27, 1991 → Apr 14, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5221511A Strip casting Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US5960856A Strip casting employing non-contact heat absorbers Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5178205A Strip casting method and apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US5488988A Casting metal strip Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6581672B2 Method for controlling a continuous strip steel casting process based on customer-specified requirements Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
US6920912B2 Casting steel strip Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US5259439A Strip casting Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US6818073B2 Method of producing steel strip Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US6755234B2 Model-based system for determining casting roll operating temperature in a thin strip casting process Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US7588649B2 Casting steel strip Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US7281569B2 Casting steel strip with low surface roughness and low porosity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7117925B2 Production of thin steel strip Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7485196B2 Steel product with a high austenite grain coarsening temperature Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7048033B2 Casting steel strip Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US6585030B2 Method of producing steel strip Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US8141618B2 Strip casting method for controlling edge quality and apparatus therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US5205982A Tundish flow control Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US7299856B2 Casting steel strip with low surface roughness and low porosity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6808550B2 Model-based system for determining process parameters for the ladle refinement of steel Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Expired
US7926550B2 Casting delivery nozzle with insert Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8042601B2 Side dam with insert Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7891407B2 Method and apparatus for localized control of heat flux in thin cast strip Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7484551B2 Casting steel strip Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US5988258A Casting metal strip Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US7404431B2 Production of thin steel strip Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired

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