Patent assignee · FR · INDIVIDUAL

Merlin Gerin

46Patents
0Active
46Granted
37Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 20, 1974 → Sep 21, 1994

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5477091A High quality electrical power distribution system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 279 Expired
US5210385A Low voltage circuit breaker with multiple contacts for high currents Electricity 111 Expired
US5357394A Circuit breaker with selective locking Electricity 102 Expired
US4682264A Circuit breaker with digital solid-state trip unit fitted with a calibration circuit Electricity 100 Expired
US5475558A Electrical power distribution device with isolation monitoring Physics 99 Expired
US5115371A Circuit breaker comprising an electronic trip device Electricity 96 Expired
US5334808A Draw-out molded case circuit breaker Electricity 96 Expired
US5331500A Circuit breaker comprising a card interfacing with a trip device Electricity 91 Expired
US5379013A Molded case circuit breaker with interchangeable trip units Electricity 90 Expired
US5300907A Operating mechanism of a molded case circuit breaker Electricity 90 Expired
US4900882A Rotating arc and expansion circuit breaker Electricity 89 Expired
US4952897A Limiting circuit breaker Electricity 89 Expired
US4939492A Electromagnetic trip device with tripping threshold adjustment Electricity 88 Expired
US5347097A Electrical circuit breaker with rotating arc and self-extinguishing expansion Electricity 87 Expired
US4443828A Low voltage circuit breaker Electricity 30 Expired
USD316396S Uninterruptible power supply cell General 22 Expired
US4591228A Mechanical fastening device for assembling electrical equipment modules Electricity 17 Expired
US5068616A Monitoring process and device of a quasi-closed electromagnetic shield Physics 17 Expired
US4380785A Solid state trip unit for an electrical circuit breaker Electricity 16 Expired
US5235318A Individual electronic dosimetry installation Physics 15 Expired
US4153827A Magnetic blow-out arc extinguishing device Electricity 14 Expired
US4039983A High-speed high-current circuit interrupter having electrodynamically operated arcing contacts Electricity 13 Expired
US4571659A Static overcurrent trip device to operate a circuit breaker in response of fault conditions in an alternating current net system Electricity 12 Expired
US4309581A Gas circuit breaker having independent main and arcing circuits Electricity 11 Expired
US5101316A Microprocessor-based trip device with optional functions and selection process of said functions Electricity 11 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.