Inventor · Niskayuna, NY, US

James P. Lyons

54Patents
27h-index
108Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 10, 1987 → Dec 15, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6058031A Five level high power motor drive converter and control system Electricity 128 Expired
US5907192A Method and system for wind turbine braking Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US5172309A Auxiliary quasi-resonant dc link converter Electricity 96 Expired
US6924565B2 Continuous reactive power support for wind turbine generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US4752697A Cogeneration system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US7154191B2 Electrical machine with double-sided rotor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US8745267B2 Enhancement of upload and/or download performance based on client and/or server feedback information Electricity 81 Active
US6751106B2 Cross current control for power converter systems and integrated magnetic choke assembly Electricity 81 Expired
US6697951B1 Distributed electrical power management system for selecting remote or local power generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Expired
US5910892A High power motor drive converter system and modulation control Electricity 77 Expired
US7342323B2 System and method for upwind speed based control of a wind turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6917271B2 Cross current control for power converter systems and integrated magnetic choke assembly Electricity 60 Expired
US5047913A Method for controlling a power converter using an auxiliary resonant commutation circuit Electricity 59 Expired
US6141196A Method and apparatus for compensation of phasor estimations Physics 56 Expired
US5140243A Discrete position estimator for a switched reluctance machine using a flux-current map comparator Electricity 55 Expired
US7154193B2 Electrical machine with double-sided stator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US5097190A Rotor position estimator for a switched reluctance machine Electricity 52 Expired
US6041850A Temperature control of electronic components Electricity 48 Expired
US7548008B2 Electrical machine with double-sided lamination stack Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US5982646A Voltage clamp snubbers for three level converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5107195A Rotor position estimator for a switched reluctance machine using a lumped parameter flux/current model Electricity 43 Expired
US7154192B2 Electrical machine with double-sided lamination stack Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6055681A Urinal anti-splash-back apparatus and associated methods Fixed Constructions 39 Expired
US5578880A Fault tolerant active magnetic bearing electric system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 38 Expired
US5729066A Combined radial and axial magnetic bearings Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 32 Expired

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