William Thomas Carter
94Patents
19h-index
93Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 2, 1992 → Oct 12, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7381366B2 | Apparatus for the production or refining of metals, and related processes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 136 | Expired |
| US5348566A | Method and apparatus for flow control in electroslag refining process | Performing Operations; Transporting | 55 | Expired |
| US5985206A | Electroslag refining starter | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 44 | Expired |
| US5480097A | Gas atomizer with reduced backflow | Performing Operations; Transporting | 41 | Expired |
| US5649992A | Methods for flow control in electroslag refining process | Performing Operations; Transporting | 40 | Expired |
| US6353768B1 | Method and apparatus for designing a manufacturing process for sheet metal parts | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5809057A | Electroslag apparatus and guide | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 37 | Expired |
| US5366206A | Molten metal spray forming atomizer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US5810066A | Systems and methods for controlling the dimensions of a cold finger apparatus in electroslag refining process | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US5472177A | Molten metal spray forming apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 31 | Expired |
| US5649993A | Methods of recycling oversray powder during spray forming | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
| US5769151A | Methods for controlling the superheat of the metal exiting the CIG apparatus in an electroslag refining process | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
| US5683653A | Systems for recycling overspray powder during spray forming | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US6460595B1 | Nucleated casting systems and methods comprising the addition of powders to a casting | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US6631753B1 | Clean melt nucleated casting systems and methods with cooling of the casting | Performing Operations; Transporting | 26 | Expired |
| US6264717A | Clean melt nucleated cast article | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US6350293B1 | Bottom pour electroslag refining systems and methods | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 21 | Expired |
| US6427752B1 | Casting systems and methods with auxiliary cooling onto a liquidus portion of a casting | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US10328685B2 | Diode laser fiber array for powder bed fabrication or repair | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Active |
| US6267868A | Method and tool for electrochemical machining | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US9192999B2 | Methods and systems for electrochemical machining of an additively manufactured component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US6289258A | Drain flowrate measurement | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5992503A | Systems and methods for maintaining effective insulation between copper segments during electroslag refining process | Performing Operations; Transporting | 9 | Expired |
| US6238171A | Method and apparatus for towing a vehicle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US7879203B2 | Method and apparatus for cathodic arc ion plasma deposition | Electricity | 8 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.