Inventor · Greensboro, VT, US

Edward Herbert

66Patents
24h-index
18Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 15, 1976 → Feb 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5144222A Apparatus for controlling the input impedance of a power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 245 Expired
US6348848B1 Transformer having fractional turn windings Electricity 134 Expired
US5132606A Method and apparatus for controlling the input impedance of a power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US6578253B1 Transformer and inductor modules having directly bonded terminals and heat-sink fins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Expired
US7564706B1 Power factor corrected single-phase AC-DC power converter using natural modulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Active
US6121761A Fast transition power supply Electricity 75 Expired
US4978906A Picture frame matrix transformer Electricity 73 Expired
US4845606A High frequency matrix transformer Electricity 73 Expired
US6016095A Snubber for electric circuits Electricity 73 Expired
US4942353A High frequency matrix transformer power converter module Electricity 68 Expired
US6115267A AC-DC converter with no input rectifiers and power factor correction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US6137392A Transformer for switched mode power supplies and similar applications Electricity 66 Expired
US7139180B1 Three phase buck power converters having input current control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US4665357A Flat matrix transformer Electricity 47 Expired
US4916576A Matrix capacitor Electricity 45 Expired
US5297617A Fan assembly with heat sink Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 45 Expired
US6897641B1 Buck (or boost) converter with very fast output current transitions and low ripple voltage Electricity 36 Expired
US5445215A Fan assembly with heat sink Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US9665906B2 Computer implemented methods and systems for generating virtual body models for garment fit visualisation Physics 31 Active
US5479146A Pot core matrix transformer having improved heat rejection Electricity 28 Expired
US5999078A Transformer and rectifier module with half-turn secondary windings Electricity 25 Expired
US7071807B1 Laminated windings for matrix transformers and terminations therefor Electricity 24 Expired
US6992520B1 Gate drive method and apparatus for reducing losses in the switching of MOSFETs Electricity 24 Expired
US6963497B1 Power converter with an inductor input and switched capacitor outputs Electricity 24 Expired
US6549411B1 Flexible heat sinks and method of attaching flexible heat sinks Electricity 24 Expired

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