David Cleary
42Patents
11h-index
68Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 20, 1996 → Dec 29, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6971365B1 | Auto-ignition gasoline engine combustion chamber and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US6494178B1 | Combustion chamber including piston for a spark-ignition, direct-injection combustion system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US7007460B2 | Apparatus and method for accelerated exhaust system component heating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US5746738A | Laser surgical device | Human Necessities | 21 | Expired |
| US8061318B2 | Method and apparatus for continuously variable differential phasing of engine valve operation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Active |
| US6588396B1 | Spark ignition direct injection engine with oval fuel spray into oblong piston bowl | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US7152559B2 | Valve and fueling strategy for operating a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US7565892B1 | Method and apparatus for controlling mode transition in a spark-ignition direct-injection internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Active |
| US8347857B2 | Method and device for improving charged engines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Active |
| US7765053B2 | Multi-injection combustion cycle systems for SIDI engines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US8041498B2 | Lean nitrogen oxide emission control system and method | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Active |
| USD809041S1 | Surgical robot end effector | General | 9 | Active |
| USD865827S1 | Robot end effector | General | 8 | Active |
| US8091342B2 | Technique for production of ammonia on demand in a three way catalyst for a passive selective catalytic reduction system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US7401462B2 | Control strategy for lean NOx trap regeneration | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US9512808B2 | Method for improving engine performance using a temperature managed fuel system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US8001768B2 | Method and apparatus for managing an exhaust gas feedstream for a spark-ignition direct-injection engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US10893912B2 | Surgical tool systems and methods | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8448423B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling operation of a spark-ignition direct-injection engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Active |
| US9163568B2 | Cold start systems and methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US10393032B2 | Elevated compression ratio internal combustion engine with multi-stage boosting | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US10132391B2 | Continuously variable transmission | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Active |
| US10898252B2 | Surgical robotic systems for bending surgical rods, and related methods and devices | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US11828220B1 | Active pre-chamber jet-assisted H2 multi-mode combustion | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Active |
| US10206749B2 | Articulating camera stand | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.