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William Max Gobeli — 11 Patents

GE: 11 patents #3,022 of 36,430Top 9%
Simpsonville, SC: #161 of 1,013 inventorsTop 20%
South Carolina: #1,348 of 15,501 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
William Max Gobeli has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in November 2024. William Max Gobeli ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list William Max Gobeli in Simpsonville, SC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2018.peak 52017: 3 patents20172018: 5 patents20182019: 1 patents20192020: 1 patents20202024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12140556 Systems and methods for identifying cracks in wind turbine components Daniel Edward Jordy, Bhaveshkumar Mahendrakumar Kachhia, Aaron Lee Sprague, Dhanushkodi Durai Mariappan 2024-11-12 $50,785,000
10677290 Wind turbine pitch bearing with line contact rolling elements Joseph Edward Birkenstock, Adam Daniel Minadeo 2020-06-09 $11,176,000
10502264 Ball plug retention for slewing ring bearing Dhanesh Chandrashekar Pathuvoth, Adam Daniel Minadeo 2019-12-10 $16,479,000
10100805 Tip extension assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade James Robert Tobin, Stefan Herr 2018-10-16
9919488 Rotor blade components for a wind turbine and methods of manufacturing same Michael Christopher Booth, Scott Gabell Riddell, James Robert Tobin 2018-03-20 $22,369,000
9869296 Attachment method and system to install components, such as tip extensions and winglets, to a wind turbine blade James Robert Tobin, Stefan Herr 2018-01-16 $12,942,000
9869297 Attachment method and system to install components, such as vortex generators, to a wind turbine blade James Robert Tobin, Scott Gabell Riddell, Michael Christopher Booth 2018-01-16 $12,942,000
9869295 Attachment method to install components, such as tip extensions and winglets, to a wind turbine blade, as well as the wind turbine blade and component James Robert Tobin 2018-01-16 $12,942,000
9777704 Rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine having variable-length blade bolts Adam Daniel Minadeo, Christopher Daniel Caruso 2017-10-03 $17,461,000
9709030 Methods of manufacturing rotor blade components for a wind turbine James Robert Tobin, Thomas Joseph Fischetti 2017-07-18 $14,018,000
9574544 Methods of manufacturing rotor blade components for a wind turbine James Robert Tobin, Christopher Daniel Caruso 2017-02-21 $17,007,000