Inventor · Bellevue, WA, US

Bruce S. Howard

12Patents
8h-index
32Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 14, 1980 → Mar 12, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4331026A Indenter-type hardness testing apparatus Physics 44 Expired
US5022751A Portable localizer siting system Physics 30 Expired
US5673839A Real-time fastener measurement system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US4847552A Detection of electrically conductive materials beneath surface coatings employing eddy currents Physics 26 Expired
US10086596B2 Apparatus and method for automated layup of composite structures Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US4450405A Alloy testing apparatus using eddy current conductivity probe Physics 10 Expired
US5777246A Fastener measurement system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6184694A Portable paint thickness gauge for composite materials using resonant cavities at x-band Physics 8 Expired
US8823520B2 Reconfigurable network enabled plug and play multifunctional processing and sensing node Electricity 7 Active
US7665221B2 Method and apparatus for hole diameter profile measurement Physics 6 Active
US6862814B2 High speed linear displacement measurement Physics 3 Expired
US8886924B1 System and method for transmitting an alert Electricity 2 Active

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