Gunnar Asplund
60Patents
11h-index
42Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: May 16, 1978 → May 7, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5517378A | Direct-current breaker for high power for connection into a direct-current carrying high-voltage line | Electricity | 243 | Expired |
| US6519169B1 | Multiphase inverter with series of connected phase legs | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US5323330A | Reduction of disturbances in a power network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US6898095B2 | Bidirectional VSC converter with a resonant circuit | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US8400796B2 | Power converter with distributed cell control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Active |
| US5999388A | Method and apparatus for limiting current in a direct voltage network of a power transmission system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US5644482A | HVDC transmission system with multiple converter stations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US8289736B2 | Conversion of AC lines to HVDC lines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US6144567A | Plant for transmitting electric power, including VSC-converter and DC/DC-converter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6084787A | Device for supervising in a high voltage converter station | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US4377835A | Recovery protection device for a thyristor valve | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US4237509A | Thyristor connection with overvoltage protection | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US8044537B2 | Modular HVDC converter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US5872707A | SVC converter with an extra phase leg to replace a failed phase leg | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US8345457B2 | Voltage source converter for high voltage direct current power transmission | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US5296764A | Reduction of disturbances in a power network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US8410883B2 | High voltage dry-type reactor for a voltage source converter | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US7321500B2 | Electric power converter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US5644485A | Converter connection with a balancing circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6278314A | Electric circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6205039A | Device for supervising a high voltage converter station | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US8875857B2 | System adapted for one or more electrically propellable vehicles (a snow plough arrangement) | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US5117323A | Electrode line protection | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US9208979B2 | High voltage DC breaker apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US9035486B2 | System adapted for one or more electrically propellable vehicles (detector arrangement) | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.