Gerard Vilou
22Patents
9h-index
7Co-inventors
60Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 11, 1996 → Jun 28, 2002
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5743227A | Method and device for stopping the starter of a motor vehicle once the engine of the vehicle has started | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US6526931B1 | Method and systems for the automatic control of the cutting off and restarting of the thermal engine of a vehicle during temporary immobilizations thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US6049263A | Starter contactor incorporating an electronic control circuit, and a vehicle starter having such a contactor | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US6050233A | Controller for a vehicle starter motor | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US6486625B1 | Device for controlling a starter for a motor vehicle | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Expired |
| US5831804A | Method and apparatus for controlling a contactor for powering a motor vehicle starter | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US5905315A | Method and device for controlling cut-off of a motor vehicle starter | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US5983850A | Methods and apparatus for controlling cut-off of a motor vehicle starter | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US6456034B1 | Device for controlling the power supply of an electric starter motor of a motor vehicle and a starter unit containing such a device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US6237432A | Motor vehicle starter incorporating improved overrunning clutch | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US5757256A | Starter and contactor therefor | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6516767B1 | Method for gradually driving a motor vehicle starter switch | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6176212A | Method and device for controlling energization of the coil of a motor vehicle starter contactor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US5992365A | Method and device for controlling the cut-off of a motor vehicle starter | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US5934237A | Methods and systems for controlling the automatic cut-off of a motor vehicle starter | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US6694938B2 | Method of controlling a starter system for a heat engine, of the type having two starters, and apparatus for performing the method | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US5936497A | Starter contactor having an electronic control circuit, and a vehicle engine starter having such a contactor | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7302870B2 | Motor vehicle starter with improved starter drive assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US6708429B1 | Method and device for powering a motor vehicle electric starting switch with determinable behavior | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US5806366A | Starter head and a motor vehicle starter having such a head | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US6011317A | Devices for controlling an automobile vehicle starter motor contactor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US6003484A | Device for controlling an automobile vehicle starter motor contactor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.