Inventor · Wettingen, CH

Horst Gruning

27Patents
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21Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 8, 1987 → Jul 24, 2001

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5768114A Converter circuit arrangement Electricity 35 Expired
US5805437A Power electronic circuit arrangement having plural power converters Electricity 15 Expired
US5544035A Converter arrangement having a low-inductance commutation circuit Electricity 14 Expired
US4849800A Semiconductor component Electricity 10 Expired
US4952990A Gate turn-off power semiconductor component Electricity 10 Expired
US5150287A Quarter-bridge circuit for high currents Electricity 9 Expired
US5345096A Turn-off high-power semiconductor component with low inductive housing Electricity 9 Expired
US4967255A Controllable power semiconductor component Electricity 9 Expired
US5237225A Switching arrangement for an RF GTO Electricity 8 Expired
US4862239A Power semiconductor component Electricity 7 Expired
US5235487A Inverter with overload current protection Electricity 7 Expired
US5729446A Converter circuit arrangement with actively controllable current and voltage rise limiting means Electricity 6 Expired
US5153695A Semiconductor gate-controlled high-power capability bipolar device Electricity 6 Expired
US5731967A Converter circuit arrangement with minimal snubber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5493247A Gate circuit for hard driven GTO Electricity 5 Expired
US4885657A Thyristor with turn-off facility and overvoltage protection Electricity 5 Expired
US5210451A Power semiconductor circuit Electricity 3 Expired
US6166456A High-speed disconnector using semiconductor technology Electricity 2 Expired
US6495913B2 Semiconductor clamped-stack assembly Electricity 2 Expired
US6072200A Gate unit for a hard-driven GTO Electricity 2 Expired
US6178076A Power-electronic circuit arrangement for compensating for mains system disturbances and mains voltage reductions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6191640A Method and device for driving a turn-off thyristor Electricity 2 Expired
US6052296A Power breaker Electricity 1 Expired
US6229228A High-speed disconnector using semiconductor technology Electricity 1 Expired
US5063436A Pressure-contacted semiconductor component Electricity 1 Expired

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