Inventor · Sidney, BC, CA

David E. Vokey

52Patents
16h-index
22Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 1981 → Jul 31, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4729628A Fiber optic dropwire Physics 104 Expired
US8319508B2 Method and apparatus to detect and locate roof leaks Physics 65 Active
US7554345B2 Method and apparatus to detect and locate damage and breaches in roof membranes Fixed Constructions 52 Active
US7292155B2 Moisture detection sensor tape with leak locate Physics 39 Expired
US7602196B2 Method to detect and locate a breach in a roof membrane Physics 33 Active
US4386231A Cable assembly for detecting the ingress of water inside a cable Electricity 32 Expired
US7092586B2 Intrusion detection system for use on an optical fiber using a translator of transmitted data for optimum monitoring conditions Physics 29 Expired
US4480251A Apparatus to monitor electrical cables, including splice joints and the like, for the ingress of moisture Electricity 28 Expired
US5708364A Cable monitoring system with multiple branch terminations Physics 27 Expired
US6181140A Method of estimating the location of a cable break including a means to measure resistive fault levels for cable sections Physics 24 Expired
US7688215B2 Moisture detection sensor tape and probes to determine surface moisture and material moisture levels Physics 23 Active
US5990686A Method and apparatus for locating resistive faults in communication and power cables Physics 20 Expired
US7142737B1 Intrusion detection system for use on single mode optical fiber using a storage register for data Physics 20 Expired
US4947469A Resistive fault location method and device for use on electrical cables Physics 19 Expired
US5077526A Cable failure detection system Physics 17 Expired
US7120324B2 Intrusion detection system for use on an optical fiber using a translator of transmitted data for optimum monitoring conditions Physics 16 Expired
US7768412B2 Moisture monitoring system for buildings Physics 16 Active
US7706641B2 Monitoring individual fibers of an optical cable for intrusion Electricity 15 Active
US7693359B2 Intrusion detection system for use on single mode optical fiber using a cost reduced polarimeter Physics 12 Active
US9695593B2 Leak detection in roof membranes Physics 12 Active
US7206469B2 Intrusion detection system for use on single mode optical fiber using a polarimeter Physics 11 Expired
US7333681B2 Intrusion detection and location system for use on multimode fiber optic cable Physics 11 Active
US7376293B2 Remote location of active section of fiber in a multimode intrusion detection system Physics 9 Active
US7403674B2 Intrusion detection system for a multimode optical fiber using a bulk optical wavelength division multiplexer for maintaining modal power distribution Electricity 9 Active
US9244030B2 Method of detecting a leak in a membrane of a roof Physics 8 Active

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