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Walter John Smith — 29 Patents

GE: 17 patents #1,729 of 36,430Top 5%
HMHuck Manufacturing: 6 patents #3 of 28Top 15%
HPHuck Patents: 3 patents #1 of 19Top 6%
HIHuck International: 1 patents #23 of 45Top 55%
THTransportation Ip Holdings: 1 patents #357 of 657Top 55%
Pensacola, FL: #6 of 683 inventorsTop 1%
Florida: #1,389 of 67,251 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Walter John Smith has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in January 2024. Walter John Smith ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Walter John Smith in Pensacola, FL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1982.peak 21980: 1 patents19801982: 2 patents1984: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881989: 2 patents1994: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents1999: 1 patents2000: 2 patents20002004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2009: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 1 patents2015: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162020: 2 patents2021: 1 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11879541 Oil scavenge system for a gearbox Xiaohua Zhang, Bugra Han Ertas, Flavia Turi 2024-01-23 $43,167,000
11859546 Eccentric gutter for an epicyclical gear train Xiaohua Zhang, Bugra Han Ertas, Flavia Turi 2024-01-02 $25,001,000
11092018 Underplatform damping members and methods for turbocharger assemblies Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Yashwanth Tummala, Letian Wang, Daniel Edward Loringer, Brian Denver Potter +1 more 2021-08-17
10808788 Damper for a fuel delivery system Charles Erklin Seeley, Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Andrew Wickersham 2020-10-20 $13,930,000
10577884 Blowout prevention system including blind shear ram Deepak Trivedi, Kevin Shufon, Charles Erklin Seeley, Brian Scott Baker 2020-03-03 $15,775,000
9493943 Flashing attachment apparatus and method 2016-11-15
9429191 Journal bearing assemblies and methods of assembling same Bugra Han Ertas, Adolfo Delgado Marquez, Darren Lee Hallman 2016-08-30 $23,204,000
9121448 Hermetically sealed damper assembly and methods of assembling same Adolfo Delgado Marquez, Bugra Han Ertas, Darren Lee Hallman 2015-09-01 $20,577,000
8176688 Flashing attachment apparatus 2012-05-15
8009805 Rotating union for a liquid cooled rotating X-ray target Vance Scott Robinson, Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Mark Alan Frontera 2011-08-30 $17,784,000
7903787 Air-cooled ferrofluid seal in an x-ray tube and method of fabricating same Edwin L. Legall, Mark Alan Frontera 2011-03-08 $25,537,000
7519158 Pumping schemes for X-ray tubes with ferrofluid seals Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Darren Lee Hallman, John Scott Price, Paul Ratzmann, Richard Michael Roffers 2009-04-14 $44,802,000
7197115 Cantilever and straddle x-ray tube configurations for a rotating anode with vacuum transition chambers Christopher Unger, Darren Lee Hallman, James E. Simpson 2007-03-27 $52,235,000
7116036 Energy harvesting system, apparatus and method Mahadevan Balasubramaniam, Jeffrey Fortin, Huageng Luo 2006-10-03 $34,355,000
6978680 Dynamic pressure probe holder and method of obtaining a dynamic pressure signal Eamon Gleeson, Robert Naumiec, Fei Han 2005-12-27 $37,503,000
6813925 Calibration method and system for a dynamic combustor sensor Robert Naumiec, Fei Han, Eamon Gleeson, Robert Arvin Hedeen 2004-11-09 $37,670,000
6095733 Threaded fastener with determinable clamp load Donald C. Busby 2000-08-01
6018967 Noise reducing clip device for a washing machine Robert Arvin Hedeen, Ziqiang Hu 2000-02-01 $162,202,000
5959379 Vibration-isolation grommet and motor assembly containing same Ziqiang Hu, Darren Lee Hallman 1999-09-28 $105,696,000
5604968 Fastener system including a swage fastener and tool for installing same David J. Fulbright 1997-02-25
5548889 Fastener system including a swage fastener and tool for installing same David J. Fulbright 1996-08-27
5315755 Fastener system including a swage fastener and a tool for installing same David J. Fulbright 1994-05-31
4863325 Two piece blind fastener with lock spindle construction 1989-09-05
4813834 Fit-up fastener with flexible tab-like retaining structure and method of making same 1989-03-21
4723327 Patient mover 1988-02-09