Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Eric G. Smith

36Patents
11h-index
44Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 2, 1980 → Feb 22, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5701974A Railway hand brake apparatus with visual condition indicator Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Expired
USD295430S Combined toy helicopter and ceiling fan General 27 Expired
US5738416A Railway braking apparatus to effect a change in a handbrake Performing Operations; Transporting 24 Expired
US8661268B2 Methods and apparatus for intelligently providing power to a device Physics 18 Active
US4467605A Hydro-pneumatic actuator with automatic slack adjuster Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US4361078A Hydraulic brake actuator having spring-applied back-up brake with manual release means Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US5549363A Railway braking apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US4733602A Hydraulic brake actuator with parking brake Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US5586812A Railway braking apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US5559281A Test connector for accessing compressed air at test ports of a railroad brake control valve Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5558411A Railway braking apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US4319671A Hydro-pneumatic brake actuator arranged to maintain a constant brake shoe clearance Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Expired
US5586813A Electro-pneumatic freight brake control system Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US4619348A Combined hydropneumatic brake cylinder/air reservoir device with automatic double-acting slack adjuster arrangement Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US5558412A Railway braking apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US5669674A Electro-pneumatic freight brake control system Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US7772818B2 Method and apparatus for measuring an average output current of a switching regulator using current-sensing-circuitry Physics 7 Active
US5558410A Railway braking apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US9086737B2 Dynamically controlled keyboard Electricity 5 Active
US8836287B2 Time-domain multiplexing of power and data Physics 4 Active
US9454196B2 Active peak power management of a high performance embedded microprocessor cluster Electricity 3 Active
US8610411B2 High-voltage regulated power supply Electricity 2 Active
US5593214A Railway parking braking apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US9590519B2 Power adapter with a step-down transformer and a voltage step-up circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9658634B2 Under voltage detection and performance throttling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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