Donald Bruns
24Patents
12h-index
17Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 2, 1976 → Aug 10, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7349804B2 | Daytime stellar imager | Physics | 66 | Active |
| US7349803B2 | Daytime stellar imager | Physics | 57 | Expired |
| US7293871B2 | Apparatus and method of correcting higher-order aberrations of the human eye | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 38 | Expired |
| US6813082B2 | Wavefront aberrator and method of manufacturing | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US6040643A | Linear actuator | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US4189133A | Document stacking table lowering method, apparatus and controlling circuitry therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US6293680A | Electromagnetically controlled deformable mirror | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US6989938B2 | Wavefront aberrator and method of manufacturing | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US7447591B2 | Daytime stellar imager for attitude determination | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US8597025B2 | Celestial weapons orientation measuring system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Active |
| US8471906B2 | Miniature celestial direction detection system | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US4065123A | Apparatus for stacking documents in sequence | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US8034262B2 | Optical element for stabilizing refractive index profiles using polymer mixtures | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Active |
| US6731833B2 | Optical cross connect switch | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US6835002B2 | Apparatus and method for aligning fiber arrays | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6800856B2 | Light sampling system | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7190509B2 | Optically addressed MEMS | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7050669B2 | Optical cross connect switch with axial alignment beam | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US6690459B2 | Method and apparatus for fiber alignment using light leaked from cladding | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6487359B2 | System and method for the vacuum assisted insertion of optical fibers | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US7695134B2 | Apparatus and method of correcting higher-order aberrations of the human eye | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US7460294B2 | Optically addressed MEMS | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7772297B2 | Method for stabilizing refractive index profiles using polymer mixtures | Performing Operations; Transporting | 0 | Active |
| US6098485A | Lead screw actuator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.