Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Donald Bruns

24Patents
12h-index
17Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 2, 1976 → Aug 10, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.