Inventor · Irvine, CA, US

Greg Rhoads

43Patents
21h-index
7Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 3, 1995 → Aug 30, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7674018B2 LED device for wide beam generation Electricity 201 Active
US7942559B2 LED device for wide beam generation Electricity 112 Active
US7172319B2 Apparatus and method for improved illumination area fill Electricity 100 Expired
US7083304B2 Apparatus and method of using light sources of differing wavelengths in an unitized beam Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 94 Expired
US7001047B2 LED light source module for flashlights Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US7470036B2 Lighting system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 72 Active
US7484858B2 Lighting system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 70 Active
US7993036B2 LED device for wide beam generation Electricity 52 Active
US8210722B2 LED device for wide beam generation Electricity 52 Active
US6986593B2 Method and apparatus for light collection, distribution and zoom Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 46 Expired
US7854536B2 LED devices for offset wide beam generation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US8905597B2 LED device for wide beam generation Electricity 41 Active
US7427167B2 Apparatus and method of using LED light sources to generate a unitized beam Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US7246917B2 Apparatus and method for using emitting diodes (LED) in a side-emitting device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 30 Expired
US7748872B2 Light-conducting pedestal configuration for an LED apparatus which collects almost all and distributes substantially all of the light from the LED Electricity 28 Active
US8414161B2 LED device for wide beam generation Electricity 26 Active
US8434912B2 LED device for wide beam generation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8256919B2 LED replacement lamp and a method of replacing preexisting luminaires with LED lighting assemblies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US7114832B2 Method for shifting energy between beams when focusing or defocusing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
US7850334B2 Apparatus and method of using multiple LED light sources to generate a unitized beam Electricity 21 Active
US7438447B2 Apparatus and method for improved illumination area fill Electricity 21 Active
US5622419A Portable collapsible display and projection apparatus Physics 20 Expired
US7543941B2 Light zoom source using light emitting diodes and an improved method of collecting the energy radiating from them Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Active
US8430538B2 LED device for wide beam generation and method of making the same Electricity 16 Active
US8511864B2 LED device for wide beam generation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active

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