Inventor · Loomis, CA, US

Daniel E. Ford

23Patents
7h-index
26Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 19, 1979 → Nov 9, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4233748A Hole alignment probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US7516212B2 Device status identification Electricity 32 Active
US5431543A Turbine blade locking assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7634682B2 Method and system for monitoring network health Electricity 16 Active
US7898986B2 Port configuration Electricity 16 Active
US5419391A Steam generator with axial flow preheater Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US8176503B2 Device driver selection Physics 10 Active
US8321538B2 Autonomous network device configuration method Physics 7 Active
US9255522B2 Modular drop-in transition assembly for industrial gas turbine and method for installation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Active
US8787176B2 Switch that monitors for fingerprinted packets Electricity 4 Active
US5035852A Tapered leaf support pin for operating plant guide tubes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7243368B2 Access control system and method for a networked computer system Electricity 3 Expired
US7706267B2 Network service monitoring Electricity 3 Active
US8137452B2 Easy-to-clean, mechanically stable coating composition for metallic surfaces and process for coating a substrate using said composition Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US5213065A Steam generator feedwater distribution system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Expired
US9127593B2 Modular drop-in combustor assembly for industrial gas turbine and method for installation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9313221B2 Determination of spoofing of a unique machine identifier Electricity 1 Active
US8549239B2 Network message logging and archival Electricity 1 Active
US5272739A Method of eliminating heat exchanger tube vibration and self-preloading heat exchanger tube support for implementing same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Expired
US8121030B2 Network service monitoring Electricity 0 Active
US8612524B2 Cessation of sending network status messages to a server Electricity 0 Active
US7860026B2 Network switch deployment Electricity 0 Active
US6730362B2 Coated article with polymeric basecoat cured at low temperatures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired

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