Inventor · Vernon, CT, US

Bruce Hockaday

24Patents
9h-index
8Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 4, 1985 → Jul 5, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5394488A Optical fiber grating based sensor Physics 65 Expired
US5080458A Method and apparatus for positioning an optical fiber Physics 35 Expired
US5175781A Attaching optical fibers to integrated optic chips Physics 25 Expired
US8687206B2 Optical detection of airfoil axial position with NSMS Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Active
US5101664A Optical pressure transducer Physics 21 Expired
US5231683A Attaching optical fibers to integrated optic chips Physics 18 Expired
US5073002A Self aligning pigtail Physics 17 Expired
US5071215A Pigtailing optical fiber Physics 17 Expired
US4749249A Fiber-optic rotary coupler with lossy microbends Physics 13 Expired
US4606375A Fluidic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US10358936B2 Bowed rotor sensor system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Active
US5214726A Strain isolated integrated optic chip package Physics 5 Expired
US9696217B2 Phosphor thermometer with two waveguides Physics 4 Active
US5447075A Self-exciting optical strain gage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US10365167B2 Fiber grating temperature sensor Physics 3 Active
US5028106A Environmentally stable integrated optic chip mount Physics 3 Expired
US4844128A Inhanced output opto-fluidic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US4854219A Optical control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US9766156B2 Focused optical configuration for NSMS probes Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9664116B2 Wireless power for gas turbine engine instrumentation Electricity 1 Active
US5309772A Self-exciting optical strain gage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US4722365A Fluidic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US10180365B2 Non-intrusive stress measurement system un-lensed probe seating locking device Physics 0 Active
US8839662B2 Station probe for gas turbine engines Physics 0 Active

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