Inventor · Baden, CH

Willy Heinz Hofmann

19Patents
3h-index
16Co-inventors
57Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1994 → Jan 10, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8720207B2 Gas turbine stator/rotor expansion stage having bumps arranged to locally increase static pressure Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Active
US8459934B2 Varying cross-sectional area guide blade Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Active
US8132417B2 Cooling of a gas turbine engine downstream of combustion chamber Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US9765626B2 Gas turbine blade Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US11643934B2 Trailing edge tip cooling of blade of a gas turbine blade Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US10006309B2 Exhaust diffuser for a gas turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9377029B2 Blade of a turbomachine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11555411B2 Technique for cooling squealer tip of a gas turbine blade Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US11572792B2 Airfoil with a squealer tip cooling system for a turbine blade, a turbine blade, a turbine blade assembly, a gas turbine and a manufacturing method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US11668195B2 Gas turbine blade for re-using cooling air and turbomachine assembly and gas turbine comprising the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12234743B2 Method for manufacturing a blade for a gas turbine, turbine blade and gas turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US5732951A Playing figure for a ball game playable on a table, particularly a table football game Human Necessities 0 Expired
US5582408A Playing figure for a ball game playable on a table, particularly a table football game Human Necessities 0 Expired
US11506062B2 Turbine blade, and turbine and gas turbine including the same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US11655730B2 Strut structure of gas turbine, an exhaust diffuser and gas turbine including the same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US11873726B2 Exhaust diffuser strut for reducing flow separation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11719131B2 Exhaust diffuser strut for reducing flow separation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12366170B2 Flow body for a gas turbine, gas turbine, method for manufacturing a flow body for a gas turbine, and method for repairing a flow body of a gas turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US11506145B2 Exhaust diffuser hub structure for reducing flow separation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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