Inventor · New Orleans, LA, US

Brien G. Rau

15Patents
12h-index
20Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 7, 1994 → Dec 23, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6525992B1 Devices for controlling the position of an underwater cable Electricity 81 Expired
US6091670A Underwater cable arrangement and coil support arrangement for an underwater cable Electricity 37 Expired
US6997306B2 Conveyor belt modules with embedded rollers retained in the modules and associated method Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US6292436A Underwater cable arrangements, internal devices for use in an underwater cable, and methods of connecting and internal device to a stress member of an underwater cable Physics 29 Expired
US8210341B2 Conveyor transfer system with floating transfer platform Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Active
US7556136B2 Conveyor belt module with retained rollers Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Active
US7216759B2 Conveyor belt modules with embedded spherical rollers retained in the modules Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US5937782A Underwater device with a sacrificial latch mechanism Physics 17 Expired
US8424675B2 Conveyor belt with wear-tolerant stacked rollers Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Active
US8511460B2 Conveyor belt apparatus including magnetically actuated rollers Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Active
US8622202B2 Apparatus and method for selectively actuating moving conveyor rollers Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US7206254B2 Underwater cable arrangements and devices Electricity 14 Expired
US8720668B2 Conveyor belt apparatus including magnetically actuated rollers Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US5418757A Long life battery operated acoustic underwater buoy release system Physics 6 Expired
US9456617B2 Deveining system and device Human Necessities 4 Active

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