Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Barry K. Kates

25Patents
16h-index
6Co-inventors
70Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 27, 1992 → Apr 24, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.