Inventor · Lappersdorf, DE

Dieter Dohnal

40Patents
10h-index
31Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 21, 1991 → Jun 24, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6060669A Tap selector Electricity 37 Expired
US5107200A Load switch for a step transformer Electricity 29 Expired
US6124726A Method of monitoring a tap selector Electricity 21 Expired
US6100674A Method of monitoring a tap changer Electricity 17 Expired
US6856122B2 Thyristor tap changer Electricity 12 Expired
US5266759A Actuator for a step-transformer load switch Electricity 12 Expired
US6091032A Tap changer Electricity 12 Expired
US5736827A Motor driven step switch Electricity 11 Expired
US7463010B2 Multipoint switch Electricity 11 Expired
US6087607A Position signalling device Electricity 10 Expired
US5128605A Monitoring system for step-type switching transformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5165295A End stop for stepper for step-type transformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6234106A Position indicator Electricity 8 Expired
US5523674A Step switch Electricity 7 Expired
US5786552A Switching arrangement for load change-over switches of step switches and for selector switches Electricity 7 Expired
US6518771B2 Method of monitoring the contact burnoff in tap changers Electricity 6 Expired
US6965217B2 Tap changing assembly for power transformer Electricity 6 Expired
US9165726B2 Tap changer and vacuum switching tube for such a tap changer Electricity 5 Active
US7656138B2 Device for regulating electrical voltage Physics 5 Active
US5694034A Tap changer for a tapped or stepped transformer Electricity 5 Expired
US8648587B2 Arrangement of a stepping switch on a control transformer Electricity 4 Active
US6529858B1 Method of controlling step switches Electricity 4 Expired
US5773970A Tap changer with tickler coil for arcless tap changing Electricity 3 Expired
US5516992A Transformer tap changing and step switch assembly Electricity 3 Expired
US8415987B2 Tap switch with semiconductor switching elements Electricity 2 Active

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