Inventor · Mentor, OH, US

Christopher Hsu

95Patents
26h-index
35Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 17, 1998 → Jan 31, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6624388B1 System and method providing distributed welding architecture Electricity 345 Expired
US6441342B1 Monitor for electric arc welder Performing Operations; Transporting 254 Expired
US6002104A Electric arc welder and controller therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 145 Expired
US7574172B2 System and method to facilitate wireless wide area communication in a welding environment Electricity 118 Expired
US6730875B2 System and method for estimating true heats of welding processes Performing Operations; Transporting 104 Expired
US6515259B1 Electric arc welder using high frequency pulses Performing Operations; Transporting 97 Expired
US6977357B2 Welding wire positioning system Performing Operations; Transporting 95 Expired
US6160241A Method and apparatus for electric arc welding Performing Operations; Transporting 89 Expired
US6359258B1 Method of determining cable impedance Performing Operations; Transporting 86 Expired
US6596970B2 Method of determining cable impedance Performing Operations; Transporting 85 Expired
US6267291A Coded and electronically tagged welding wire Physics 80 Expired
US7304269B2 Pulse welder and method of using same Performing Operations; Transporting 77 Expired
US6510984B2 Coded and electronically tagged welding wire Physics 55 Expired
US6259059A Arc welder and torch for same Performing Operations; Transporting 52 Expired
US6717108B2 Electric arc welder and method of designing waveforms therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 47 Expired
US6536660B2 Inventory of consumables in electric arc welding process Physics 46 Expired
US6700097B1 Electric ARC welder and controller to design the waveform therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US6708877B2 Coded and electronically tagged welding wire Physics 42 Expired
US6274845A Method and apparatus for electric arc welding Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US7198152B2 Welding wire container with ribbed walls and mating retainer ring Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Expired
US7245875B2 System and method to facilitate wireless communication in a welding environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US6913145B2 Welding wire container with ribbed walls and a mating retainer ring Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US6717107B1 Two stage welder and method of operating same Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US7178755B2 Retainer ring for wire package Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US7761336B1 System and method for managing welding consumables Physics 32 Expired

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