Inventor · Erlangen, DE

Erich Hell

62Patents
19h-index
28Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: May 15, 1991 → Mar 26, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6339635B1 X-ray tube Electricity 134 Expired
US5576549A Electron generating assembly for an x-ray tube having a cathode and having an electrode system for accelerating the electrons emanating from the cathode Electricity 111 Expired
US5841831A X-ray computed tomography apparatus Human Necessities 73 Expired
US5812632A X-ray tube with variable focus Electricity 58 Expired
US8266923B2 Refrigerating device comprising two storage compartments with selective cooling modes Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 58 Active
US7886559B2 Modular refrigerator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 57 Active
US6419389B1 X-ray generating system having a phase change material store located in the coolant in an x-ray radiator housing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US6292538A X-ray tube with flying focus Electricity 38 Expired
US5822395A X-ray apparatus having an x-ray tube with vario-focus Electricity 37 Expired
US5548630A X-ray radiator having an electron source for sending a beam of electrons along an elongated anode Electricity 34 Expired
US6396901B1 X-ray emitter with force-cooled rotating anode Electricity 31 Expired
US5528658A X-ray tube having an annular vacuum housing Electricity 31 Expired
US6646366B2 Directly heated thermionic flat emitter Electricity 28 Expired
US5940469A Multi-chromatic x-ray source Electricity 27 Expired
US6141400A X-ray source which emits fluorescent X-rays Electricity 26 Expired
US6181771A X-ray source with selectable focal spot size Electricity 26 Expired
US6178226A Method for controlling the electron current in an x-ray tube, and x-ray system operating according to the method Electricity 25 Expired
US5633906A X-ray computed tomography apparatus of the electron beam type with electron beam intensity measuring capacity Physics 24 Expired
US7588340B2 Refrigerating appliance comprising an internal OLED lighting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5703924A X-ray tube with a low-temperature emitter Electricity 19 Expired
US6084942A Rotating bulb x-ray radiator with non-pumped coolant circulation Electricity 19 Expired
US5504791A Annular anode x-ray computed tomography apparatus with a single magnet system for guiding and deflecting the electron beam Electricity 17 Expired
US6709156B1 Cooling device and computed tomography apparatus employing same Electricity 16 Expired
US6412979B1 Computed tomography system with arrangement for cooling the x-ray radiator mounted on a rotating gantry Human Necessities 16 Expired
US6426997B1 X-ray tube with warning device for accurately indicating impending failure of the thermionic emitter Electricity 15 Expired

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