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Robert W. Shaffer — 37 Patents

ASAir Squared: 18 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
WEWestinghouse Electric: 6 patents #589 of 5,212Top 15%
INIngersoll-Rand: 5 patents #104 of 857Top 15%
TUTuthill: 3 patents #8 of 63Top 15%
PUPuritan-Bennett: 1 patents #65 of 110Top 60%
RSRsa Security: 1 patents #28 of 69Top 45%
Vonore, TN: #1 of 19 inventorsTop 6%
Tennessee: #267 of 20,272 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #88,321 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37 Patents All Time
Robert W. Shaffer has been granted 37 US patents while listed as an inventor at Air Squared. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in April 2025. Robert W. Shaffer ranks #88,321 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.1%). Patent records list Robert W. Shaffer in Vonore, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1981.peak 41980: 2 patents19801981: 4 patents1982: 1 patents1983: 2 patents19831986: 1 patents1987: 1 patents1995: 2 patents19951997: 3 patents1998: 2 patents2000: 2 patents20002002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072011: 1 patents2013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents2017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 2 patents2021: 1 patents20212024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12286817 Retention patio leash for patio furniture Christie L. Shaffer 2025-04-29
11946271 Umbrella base Christie L. Shaffer 2024-04-02
11047389 Multi-stage scroll vacuum pumps and related scroll devices Bryce R. Shaffer 2021-06-29
10774690 Compact energy cycle construction utilizing some combination of a scroll type expander, pump, and compressor for operating according to a rankine, an organic rankine, heat pump, or combined organic rankine and heat pump cycle Bryce R. Shaffer 2020-09-15
10683865 Scroll type device incorporating spinning or co-rotating scrolls Bryce R. Shaffer, Russell Vigil 2020-06-16
10519815 Compact energy cycle construction utilizing some combination of a scroll type expander, pump, and compressor for operating according to a rankine, an organic rankine, heat pump or combined organic rankine and heat pump cycle Bryce R. Shaffer 2019-12-31
10221852 Multi stage scroll vacuum pumps and related scroll devices Bryce R. Shaffer 2019-03-05
9885358 Three stage scroll vacuum pump 2018-02-06
9784139 Compact energy cycle construction utilizing some combination of a scroll type expander, pump, and compressor for operating according to a rankine, an organic rankine, heat pump, or combined organic rankine and heat pump cycle Bryce R. Shaffer 2017-10-10
9074598 Scroll type device including compressor and expander functions in a single scroll plate pair Bryce R. Shaffer 2015-07-07
9028230 Three stage scroll vacuum pump 2015-05-12
8668479 Semi-hermetic scroll compressors, vacuum pumps, and expanders 2014-03-11
8523544 Three stage scroll vacuum pump 2013-09-03
7942655 Advanced scroll compressor, vacuum pump, and expander 2011-05-17
D534448 Authentication device Edward W. Vipond 2007-01-02
6511308 Scroll vacuum pump with improved performance 2003-01-28
6439864 Two stage scroll vacuum pump with improved pressure ratio and performance 2002-08-27
6129530 Scroll compressor with a two-piece idler shaft and two piece scroll plates 2000-10-10
6050792 Multi-stage scroll compressor 2000-04-18
5759020 Scroll compressor having tip seals and idler crank assemblies 1998-06-02
5752816 Scroll fluid displacement apparatus with improved sealing means 1998-05-19
D384449 Blower outlet fitting Edward W. Vipond 1997-09-30
5632612 Scroll compressor having a tip seal 1997-05-27
5597290 Multi-component fan assembly Edward W. Vipond 1997-01-28
5466134 Scroll compressor having idler cranks and strengthening and heat dissipating ribs Kyle Adriance, Charles D. Kimbro 1995-11-14