Inventor · Niskayuna, NY, US

Daniel White Sexton

48Patents
15h-index
70Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 5, 1983 → Aug 17, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7747356B2 Integrated protection, monitoring, and control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 250 Active
US6965802B2 Method for using portable wireless devices to monitor industrial controllers Physics 100 Expired
US5978593A Programmable logic controller computer system with micro field processor and programmable bus interface unit Physics 75 Expired
US5072374A Method for communicating among a plurality of programmable logic controllers each having a DMA controller Physics 70 Expired
US7068612B2 Method for communicating information bundled in digital message packets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6999291B2 Method and apparatus for node electronics unit architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US6892115B2 Method and apparatus for optimized centralized critical control architecture for switchgear and power equipment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US7043340B2 Protection system for power distribution systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5056001A Method for configuring an input/output module coupled to a programmable logic controller Physics 53 Expired
US4630265A Method and apparatus for selecting for use between data buses in a redundant bus communication system Electricity 52 Expired
US7151329B2 Integrated protection, monitoring, and control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6742392B2 Method and apparatus for inducing ultrasonic waves into railroad rails Physics 23 Expired
US8233801B2 Wireless high capacity sub-sea communications system Electricity 19 Active
US5473757A I/O controller using single data lines for slot enable/interrupt signals and specific circuit for distinguishing between the signals thereof Physics 17 Expired
US9494490B2 Creep life management system for a turbine engine and method of operating the same Physics 16 Active
US6658850B1 Radio frequency communications network for power plant control systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5270916A Apparatus and method for preventing runaway of the integral term of a proportional plus integral controller Physics 11 Expired
US5068821A Bit processor with powers flow register switches control a function block processor for execution of the current command Physics 11 Expired
US5018146A Apparatus and method for determining if a particular plug-in card is appropriate for use with an electronic processor Physics 11 Expired
US5058052A Method for checking the syntax of an instruction list program to determine if the program is expressible as a relay ladder diagram by a programmable logic controller Physics 10 Expired
US10368146B2 Systems and methods for environment sensing Electricity 9 Active
US6047021A Methods and apparatus for exchanging data Electricity 6 Expired
US10746680B2 Sensing system and method Physics 5 Active
US9869174B2 System and method for monitoring tool orientation in a well Fixed Constructions 5 Active
US4542353A Sine wave generator Electricity 5 Expired

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