Inventor · London, OH, US

Alan L. Roath

15Patents
9h-index
7Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 3, 1986 → May 22, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5098311A Hermaphroditic interconnect system Electricity 158 Expired
US8998645B2 Hermaphroditic interconnect system Electricity 44 Active
US4964814A Shielded and grounded connector system for coaxial cables Electricity 38 Expired
US6241531A Compression interconnect system for stacked circuit boards and method Electricity 29 Expired
US4897046A Shielded connector system for coaxial cables Electricity 25 Expired
US4824394A IDC connectors with rotated conductor pairs and strain relief base molded onto cable Electricity 23 Expired
US5316500A Fastener for a printed circuit board mounted connector Electricity 13 Expired
US6316954A High performance test interface Physics 12 Expired
US5664964A High density termination system with molded-on strain relief frame, and method Electricity 11 Expired
US7291031B2 Zero insertion force cable interface Electricity 6 Expired
US7316579B2 Zero insertion force cable interface Electricity 5 Active
US10212864B1 Electrically-conductive gasket Electricity 3 Active
US9472881B2 Hermaphroditic interconnect system Electricity 1 Active
US8525034B2 Cable guide and method of cable termination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10038265B1 Low-profile surface mounted receptacle Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.