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Textron Systems Corporation

125Patents
58Active
125Granted
55Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 12, 1984 → Aug 25, 2023 · 20 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5638396A Laser ultrasonics-based material analysis system and method Electricity 121 Expired
US6836325B2 Optical probes and methods for spectral analysis Physics 82 Expired
US6546814B1 Method and apparatus for estimating torque in rotating machinery Physics 69 Expired
US6184981A Speckle mitigation for coherent detection employing a wide band signal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US6483583B1 Near infrared spectrometry for real time analysis of substances Physics 59 Expired
US6753966B2 Optical probes and methods for spectral analysis Physics 58 Expired
US5779560A Golf club heads Chemistry; Metallurgy 54 Expired
US6183381A Fiber-reinforced metal striking insert for golf club heads Chemistry; Metallurgy 54 Expired
US6694285B1 Method and apparatus for monitoring rotating machinery Physics 45 Expired
US5781304A Laser ultrasonics-based material analysis system and method Electricity 40 Expired
US6980152B2 Externally cued aircraft warning and defense Physics 39 Expired
US6425293B1 Sensor plug Physics 36 Expired
US6424416B1 Integrated optics probe for spectral analysis Physics 35 Expired
US6510397B1 Method and apparatus for self-diagnosis of a sensor Physics 27 Expired
US5724138A Wavelet analysis for laser ultrasonic measurement of material properties Physics 25 Expired
US6666145B1 Self extracting submunition Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
US6857312B2 Systems and methods for sensing an acoustic signal using microelectromechanical systems technology Electricity 24 Expired
US6969845B2 System and processes for causing the simultaneity of events including controlling a pulse repetition frequency of a pulsed laser for disabling a scanning imaging system Physics 24 Expired
US7023545B2 Chemical identification by flash spectroscopy Physics 23 Expired
US7079944B2 System and method for determining orientation based on solar positioning Physics 21 Expired
US8433161B2 All glass fiber laser cladding mode stripper Electricity 21 Active
US11511854B2 Variable pitch rotor assembly for electrically driven vectored thrust aircraft applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6969176B2 Spherically-enclosed folded imaging system Physics 17 Expired
US5952249A Amorphous carbon-coated carbon fabric wet friction material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6455138B1 Metallized sheeting, composites, and methods for their formation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired

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