Barry K. Kates
25Patents
16h-index
6Co-inventors
70Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 27, 1992 → Apr 24, 2003
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6137265A | Adaptive fast charging of lithium-ion batteries | Electricity | 110 | Expired |
| US6337557B1 | External universal battery charging apparatus and method | Electricity | 89 | Expired |
| US5430641A | Synchronously switching inverter and regulator | Electricity | 81 | Expired |
| US6130813A | Protection circuit for electronic devices | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US6191552A | External universal battery charging apparatus and method | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US6108215A | Voltage regulator with double synchronous bridge CCFL inverter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 61 | Expired |
| US6127809A | Adaptive power battery charging apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US6194867A | Adaptive multiple battery charging apparatus | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US5955867A | Dual battery pack charging in a computer system | Electricity | 54 | Expired |
| US5698964A | Adaptive power battery charging apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US5355077A | High efficiency regulator with shoot-through current limiting | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US5973485A | Method and apparatus for a multiple stage sequential synchronous regulator | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US6058034A | Current converter and source identification and detection | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US6137267A | Reverse current protection/current overshoot control for two quadrant battery chargers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US5939862A | Adaptive power battery charging apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US5864457A | System and method for controlling current flow in an AC adapter | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US6181588A | Constant polarity input device including synchronous bridge rectifier | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US6130509A | Balanced feedback system for floating cold cathode fluorescent lamps | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US6307377A | Battery charge determination | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6075352A | Redirected sequential flyback synchronous rectifier | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6721150B1 | Clamping circuit for use in computer system | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US6172883A | Redirected sequential flyback regulator | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US6577515B2 | Asymmetric power supply including a fast response converter | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6218815A | Method and apparatus for a multiple stage sequential synchronous regulator | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6778413B2 | Asymmetric multi-converter power supply including a fast response converter | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.