Inventor · Bron, FR

Denis Dufournet

31Patents
7h-index
10Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 12, 1980 → Jun 17, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4330103A Earthquake protector Electricity 21 Expired
US6593538B2 High-voltage interrupter device having combined vacuum and gas interruption Electricity 16 Expired
US5668360A Circuit-breaker having two interrupting chambers per pole with drive mechanism and drive rods isolating insert capacitors Electricity 12 Expired
US5001314A High tension circuit-breaker having a dielectric gas under pressure Electricity 11 Expired
US6849819B2 High-voltage or medium-voltage switch device with combined vacuum and gas breaking Electricity 10 Expired
US4774388A Compressed dielectric gas circuit breaker Electricity 9 Expired
US4992634A Medium tension gas blast circuit breaker Electricity 7 Expired
US4880946A High-or medium-tension compressed-gas circuit breaker taking circuit-breaking energy from the arc Electricity 7 Expired
US6744001B2 High-voltage circuit-breaker including a valve for decompressing a thermal blast chamber Electricity 7 Expired
US5162627A Medium or high tension circuit breaker having abutting arcing contacts Electricity 5 Expired
US6624371B2 Circuit-breaker including a channel for emptying the piston-driven compression chamber Electricity 5 Expired
US5179257A Medium-voltage gas circuit-breaker Electricity 5 Expired
US4754109A Compressed dielectric gas high-tension circuit breaker Electricity 5 Expired
US4945197A High tension circuit breaker including a dielectric gas used for blasting Electricity 5 Expired
US5600111A Circuit-breaker having low self-compression Electricity 5 Expired
US6483064B2 Insulating blast nozzle for a circuit breaker Electricity 5 Expired
US5258590A Medium- or high-tension circuit breaker having abutting arcing contacts Electricity 5 Expired
US4983791A High tension circuit breaker having a dielectric blast gas Electricity 4 Expired
US5155314A Medium or high tension circuit breaker having end-to-end arcing contacts Electricity 4 Expired
US5373131A Puffer circuit-breaker with two concentric interrupting chambers Electricity 4 Expired
US8816237B2 Interrupting chamber for high-voltage circuit breaker with improved arc blow-out Electricity 4 Active
US4945198A High tension circuit breaker with low operating energy Electricity 4 Expired
US6472629B2 Puffer switch having a two-volume break chamber Electricity 3 Expired
US4996399A High or medium tension circuit breaker Electricity 3 Expired
US5155313A Medium tension circuit-breaker Electricity 3 Expired

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