Wesley D. Brown
28Patents
15h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 25, 1988 → Jul 7, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7562519B1 | Gas turbine engine with an air cooled bearing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 87 | Active |
| US5243759A | Method of casting to control the cooling air flow rate of the airfoil trailing edge | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 69 | Expired |
| US7080971B2 | Cooled turbine spar shell blade construction | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 61 | Expired |
| US4872810A | Turbine rotor retention system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| US4820122A | Dirt removal means for air cooled blades | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 52 | Expired |
| US7670116B1 | Turbine vane with spar and shell construction | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Active |
| US5403156A | Integral meter plate for turbine blade and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Expired |
| US6413044B1 | Blade cooling in gas turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 27 | Expired |
| US7748209B1 | Small single use gas turbine engine with oil-less bearing arrangement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Active |
| US7762781B1 | Composite blade and platform assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Active |
| US8015705B2 | Spar and shell blade with segmented shell | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Active |
| US8475112B1 | Multiple staged compressor with last stage airfoil cooling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Active |
| US8070450B1 | High temperature turbine rotor blade | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Active |
| US7874804B1 | Turbine blade with detached platform | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 16 | Active |
| US8052391B1 | High temperature turbine rotor blade | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US6983606B2 | Integrated gas turbine compressor-rotary fuel injector | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US7758314B2 | Tungsten shell for a spar and shell turbine vane | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Active |
| US7568343B2 | Small gas turbine engine with multiple burn zones | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Active |
| US9394799B1 | Air riding seal for a turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Active |
| US8307661B2 | Small gas turbine engine with multiple burn zones | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Active |
| US7997057B1 | Gas turbine engine with an air cooled bearing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US8196407B2 | Small gas turbine engine with multiple burn zones | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Active |
| US8794907B1 | Multiple staged compressor with last stage airfoil cooling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US10024170B1 | Integrally bladed rotor with bore entry cooling holes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US8007242B1 | High temperature turbine rotor blade | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.