William E. North
19Patents
15h-index
29Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 4, 1981 → Feb 25, 2002
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5488825A | Gas turbine vane with enhanced cooling | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 87 | Expired |
| US6120249A | Gas turbine blade platform cooling concept | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 87 | Expired |
| US5609466A | Gas turbine vane with a cooled inner shroud | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 77 | Expired |
| US5482435A | Gas turbine blade having a cooled shroud | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 51 | Expired |
| US4424001A | Tip structure for cooled turbine rotor blade | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 46 | Expired |
| US6098395A | Closed-loop air cooling system for a turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 45 | Expired |
| US4515523A | Cooling arrangement for airfoil stator vane trailing edge | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 43 | Expired |
| US6638013B2 | Thermally isolated housing in gas turbine engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 41 | Expired |
| US4902198A | Apparatus for film cooling of turbine van shrouds | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 40 | Expired |
| US4606701A | Tip structure for a cooled turbine rotor blade | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 35 | Expired |
| US5145315A | Gas turbine vane cooling air insert | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US6719524B2 | Method of forming a thermally isolated gas turbine engine housing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 31 | Expired |
| US5117626A | Apparatus for cooling rotating blades in a gas turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US5829245A | Cooling system for gas turbine vane | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Expired |
| US4930980A | Cooled turbine vane | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Expired |
| US4482295A | Turbine airfoil vane structure | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Expired |
| US6224329A | Method of cooling a combustion turbine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US5813827A | Apparatus for cooling a gas turbine airfoil | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US4426161A | Turbine disc cavity temperature sensing arrangement | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.