William L. Giesler
21Patents
9h-index
31Co-inventors
71Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 22, 1995 → Apr 30, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6318958A | Air turbine starter with seal assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 61 | Expired |
| US5636848A | Oil seal for a high speed rotating shaft | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 50 | Expired |
| US6623238B2 | Air turbine starter with seal assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 49 | Expired |
| US5538258A | Oil seal for a high speed rotating shaft | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 31 | Expired |
| US6629816B2 | Non-contacting clearance seal for high misalignment applications | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Expired |
| US6655695B1 | Face seal assembly with composite rotor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6969236B2 | Fluid-cooled mechanical face seal rotor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 18 | Expired |
| US7186081B2 | Air turbine starter enhancement for clearance seal utilization | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Expired |
| US6679678B2 | Increased wear-life mechanical face seal anti-rotation system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Expired |
| US7832933B2 | Wear resistant foil bearing assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US7547185B2 | Output shaft air/oil separator to redundantly protect against output shaft o-ring leakage | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 9 | Active |
| US7415937B2 | Self-contained sea water linear actuator | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Active |
| US7055827B2 | Non-contacting clearance seal for high misalignment applications | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6946096B2 | Use of powder metal sintering/diffusion bonding to enable applying silicon carbide or rhenium alloys to face seal rotors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6505974B2 | Ceramic ball bearings and assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US7425003B2 | Over center high deflection pressure energizing low leakage seal | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US7431307B2 | Over center high deflection pressure energizing low leakage seal | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US7226671B2 | Use of powder metal sintering/diffusion bonding to enable applying silicon carbide or rhenium alloys to face seal rotors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US7093820B2 | Over center high deflection pressure energizing low leakage seal | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US7789567B2 | Bearing with fluid flow bypass | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Active |
| US6746156B2 | Ceramic ball bearings and assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.