Inventor · Barrington, IL, US

Dennis L. Stephens

29Patents
12h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 28, 1976 → Oct 2, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7075273B2 Automotive electrical system configuration using a two bus structure Electricity 92 Expired
US5689230A Energy monitoring and control system using reverse transmission on AC line Electricity 66 Expired
US4063307A Direct current power converter with start-up and protection circuits Electricity 51 Expired
US5834924A In-rush current reduction circuit for boost converters and electronic ballasts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5969483A Inverter control method for electronic ballasts Electricity 37 Expired
US5945788A Electronic ballast with inverter control circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US4665323A Electronically switchable power source Electricity 31 Expired
US5767631A Power supply and electronic ballast with low-cost inverter bootstrap power source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5867017A Energy control system with remote switching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5909365A Leakage current power supply Electricity 15 Expired
US5457360A Dimming circuit for powering gas discharge lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7005822B1 Torque ripple reduction for a voltage mode motor controller Electricity 14 Expired
US7095214B2 Systems and method for boosting output of an alternator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7193395B2 Systems and method for boosting output of an alternator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7271570B2 Active rectification of alternator output without using a position sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7701079B2 Automotive electrical system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7443142B2 Active rectification of alternator output without using a position sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US4129816A Stepping motor control circuit Electricity 9 Expired
US9509225B2 Efficient LLC resonant converter having variable frequency control and fixed frequency phase-shift PWM Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US5608292A Single transistor ballast with filament preheating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5495404A Multi-resonant inverter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5729098A Power supply and electronic ballast with a novel boost converter control circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US8159083B2 Automotive electrical system configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7339327B2 Resonant circuit for halogen lighting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US8624570B2 Digitally controlling a power converter Electricity 2 Active

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