Inventor · Tucson, AZ, US

Wayne Pearson

39Patents
13h-index
48Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 6, 2002 → Jul 18, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6979979B2 Gas turbine engine starter-generator exciter starting system and method including a capacitance circuit element Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 60 Expired
US9045996B2 Gas turbine engine optimization by electric power transfer Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 58 Active
US7970497B2 Smart hybrid electric and bleed architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US7552582B2 More electric aircraft power transfer systems and methods Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 37 Active
US6897581B2 High speed generator with the main rotor housed inside the shaft Electricity 29 Expired
US6909263B2 Gas turbine engine starter-generator exciter starting system and method including a capacitance circuit element Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US7230363B2 Low profile generator configuration Electricity 22 Expired
US6768278B2 Gas turbine engine starter generator with switchable exciter stator windings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6906479B2 Gas turbine engine starter generator with multiple windings on each exciter stator pole Electricity 21 Expired
US7514806B2 Engine start system with quadrature AC excitation Electricity 19 Active
US7936086B2 Paralleled HVDC bus electrical power system architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US8198872B2 Starter-generator with improved excitation Electricity 14 Active
US7078826B2 Hybrid gas turbine engine starter-generator Electricity 13 Expired
US7612514B2 Architecture and a multiple function power converter for aircraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US9197056B2 Solid state power control system for aircraft high voltage DC power distribution Electricity 12 Active
US7863868B2 Generator with quadrature AC excitation Electricity 11 Active
US7615892B2 Modular and scalable power conversion system for aircraft Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US9458770B2 Optimized engine control using secondary power system horsepower extraction information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US6995478B2 Gas turbine engine starter generator that selectively changes the number of rotor poles Electricity 8 Expired
US8760014B2 Enhanced spray cooling technique for wedge cooling Electricity 7 Active
US8093747B2 Aircraft electrical power system architecture using auxiliary power unit during approach and taxi Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7327048B2 Hybrid gas turbine engine starter-generator Electricity 6 Active
US10411562B2 Compact high speed generator having passageways for air and cooling oil Electricity 6 Active
US8085004B2 Generator with quadrature AC excitation Electricity 5 Active
US8174159B2 Optimized multi-phase armature winding Electricity 5 Active

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