Walter Ray Laster
27Patents
8h-index
32Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: May 23, 1983 → Mar 9, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7752850B2 | Controlled pilot oxidizer for a gas turbine combustor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 108 | Active |
| US6923001B2 | Pilotless catalytic combustor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 50 | Expired |
| US7124591B2 | Method for operating a gas turbine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Expired |
| US4516964A | Power transmission chain-belt | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US8113000B2 | Flashback resistant pre-mixer assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Active |
| US8661779B2 | Flex-fuel injector for gas turbines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 16 | Active |
| US10082294B2 | Fuel injector including tandem vanes for injecting alternate fuels in a gas turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Active |
| US10704786B2 | Fuel injector including a lobed mixer and vanes for injecting alternate fuels in a gas turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Active |
| US5517862A | Apparatus and method for measuring ventilation flow exiting a spinning rotor | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7096667B2 | Control of gas turbine for catalyst activation | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US9366443B2 | Lean-rich axial stage combustion in a can-annular gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Active |
| US10222066B2 | Ducting arrangement with injector assemblies arranged in an expanding cross-sectional area of a downstream combustion stage in a gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Active |
| US8959888B2 | Device to lower NOx in a gas turbine engine combustion system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Active |
| US7421843B2 | Catalytic combustor having fuel flow control responsive to measured combustion parameters | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Active |
| US10139111B2 | Dual outlet nozzle for a secondary fuel stage of a combustor of a gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Active |
| US8495982B2 | Apparatus for mixing fuel and air in a combustion system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Active |
| US11248795B2 | Finely distributed combustion system for a gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US7506516B2 | Concentric catalytic combustor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US9038393B2 | Fuel gas cooling system for combustion basket spring clip seal support | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
| US10095218B2 | Method and computer-readable model for additively manufacturing ducting arrangement with injector assemblies forming a shielding flow of air | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US8307653B2 | Combined catalysts for the combustion of fuel in gas turbines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
| US10288290B2 | Device for improved air and fuel distribution to a combustor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
| US9353949B2 | Device for improved air and fuel distribution to a combustor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
| US10309655B2 | Cooling system for fuel nozzles within combustor in a turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
| US11029030B2 | Ducting arrangement with injector assemblies configured to form a shielding flow of air injected into a combustion stage in a gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.