Inventor · Tucson, AZ, US

John L. Turner

33Patents
13h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 22, 1976 → Jul 13, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5573611A Method of monitoring conditions of vehicle tires and tires containing a monitoring device therein Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 236 Expired
US5562787A Method of monitoring conditions of vehicle tires Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 150 Expired
US5500065A Method for embedding a monitoring device within a tire during manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US5573610A Tires containing a monitoring device for monitoring an engineering condition therein Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US6388567B1 Combination monitoring device and patch for a pneumatic tire and method of installing the same Performing Operations; Transporting 49 Expired
US5245867A Method and apparatus for measuring tire parameters Physics 48 Expired
US4942509A Control arrangement for a switch mode power supply Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US6545750B2 System for determining the dynamic orientation of a vehicle wheel plane Physics 29 Expired
US4492835A Load interrupter device Electricity 23 Expired
US5357799A Method and apparatus for determining abrasion potential of tire treads Physics 17 Expired
US5777219A Apparatus and related methods for automatically testing and analyzing tires utilizing a test pod with a slidably movable cover plate and a gray scale normalization technique Physics 16 Expired
US6653936B2 Patch and tire monitoring device Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US6532811B2 Method of wear testing a tire Physics 13 Expired
US5865921A Tire noise treatment Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US6695024B2 Pneumatic tire having tapered tie bars Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5773717A Apparatus and related methods for determining lateral tire tread stiffness Physics 11 Expired
US4078162A Blade lock for electric switch Electricity 8 Expired
US7090735B2 Method of compensating for residual aligning torque (RAT) Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US4117678A Self-contained hydraulic switch operator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7228732B2 Tire wear analysis method Physics 5 Expired
US6804998B2 Method of wear testing a tire Physics 5 Expired
US6732776B2 Pneumatic tire having multiple element bead assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US9476800B2 Wheel measurement apparatus Physics 2 Active
US9945816B2 Ultrasonic NDT sensor arrangement and method for inspecting surfaces of variable geometry of metal bodies Physics 2 Active
US8678066B2 Apparatus and method for preparing a tire for mounting Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active

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