Inventor

David E. Johnston

33Patents
14h-index
14Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 2, 1979 → Jun 11, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5921555A Uni-directional seal for use on a shaft Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 48 Expired
US5791658A Seal design with bi-directional pumping Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 42 Expired
US4855583A Structure and method of making combination proximity/insertion identification cards Physics 40 Expired
US5427387A Radial shaft sealing ring Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 36 Expired
US6428013B1 Reverse seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 36 Expired
US5190299A Radially undulating shaft seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US7640069B1 Editing audio directly in frequency space Electricity 33 Active
US6729624B1 Radial shaft seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 32 Expired
US5348312A Cassette seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 30 Expired
US6409177B1 Rotary shaft seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 30 Expired
US4296114A 3,4-Dihydro-3-oxopyrido[2,3-b]-pyrazines, compositions and use thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US8027743B1 Adaptive noise reduction Physics 25 Active
US7548791B1 Graphically displaying audio pan or phase information Physics 24 Active
US4348031A Rotary fluid seals with floating sealing rings Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
US6073933A Load bearing washer and dirt excluder Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Expired
US4815749A Shaft and like oil seals Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US4519616A Shaft seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US7899565B1 Graphically displaying audio pan or phase information Physics 9 Active
US6178882A Shearing compactor pump Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5123661A Fluid sealing structure Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US4462600A Rotary fluid seals Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US5380660A Method of treating serum or serum-containing medium to inactivate an inhibitor of hepatocyte differentiation Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4799693A Face seals with liquid pulsation pumping feature Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US8194884B1 Aligning time variable multichannel audio Electricity 4 Active
US7610110B1 Graphically displaying stereo phase information Electricity 4 Active

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