Francois-Xavier Bernard
40Patents
11h-index
47Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 19, 1975 → Feb 18, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5262351A | Process for manufacturing a multilayer integrated circuit interconnection | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 86 | Expired |
| USD283573S | Combined towel dispenser, storage compartment and trash receptacle | General | 31 | Expired |
| US6588985B1 | Apparatus and method for deploying an object or a load on a seabed | Fixed Constructions | 26 | Expired |
| USD283574S | Towel dispenser | General | 24 | Expired |
| US5167292A | Motive power unit for driving a hydrostatic transmission coupled to an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US7248983B2 | Electronic compass and method of controlling an electronic compass using independent calibration and compass heading modules | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US3986796A | Direct action compressor fitted with a one-piece piston | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Expired |
| US5418365A | Thermal detector comprising a thermal insulator made of expanded polymer | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US6044533A | Method of making an acoustic probe | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US5908304A | Mass memory and method for the manufacture of mass memories | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US6927583B2 | Fuel sensor | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6771563B1 | Apparatus for deploying a load to an underwater target position with enhanced accuracy and a method to control such apparatus | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US6885199B2 | Fuel sensor | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7173880B2 | Arrangement with an acoustic array with a sound velocity meter | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7277359B2 | Navigation processor, a system comprising such a navigation processor and a method of controlling an underwater system by such a navigation processor | Physics | 8 | Active |
| USD283575S | Combined towel dispenser and storage compartment | General | 6 | Expired |
| US6842017B2 | Fuel cell mixture sensor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US5618737A | Thermal detector comprising a thermal insulator made of expanded polymer | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US8078425B2 | Device for detecting the angular position of a rotor of a polyphase rotary electrical machine and rotary electrical machine containing such a device | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7629776B2 | Control and power module for a rotating electrical machine | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US9222352B2 | Control of a component of a downhole tool | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US7225551B2 | Electronic compass and method for tracking vehicle rotation | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US4142485A | Method and device for ensuring the safety in a free piston machine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US7170303B2 | Fuel sensor | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US6769840B1 | Apparatus and method for deploying an object under water | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.