Inventor · Tainan, TW

John William Holmes

18Patents
9h-index
14Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: May 6, 1976 → Oct 24, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5640724A Magnetically activated lavatory drain plug Fixed Constructions 21 Expired
US6393357B1 System and method for inferring engine oil temperature at startup Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Expired
US5819709A Fuel pump control in an electronic returnless fuel delivery system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US5819196A Method and system for adaptive fuel delivery feedforward control Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US5762046A Dual speed fuel delivery system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Expired
US6714854B2 Method of compensating for the effects of using a block heater in an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US5902346A Fuel delivery control based on estimated fuel temperature Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US5934255A Fuel control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5693890A Modular alignment device for tensile load frame Physics 10 Expired
US6026679A Method to infer engine coolant temperature in cylinder head temperature sensor equipped vehicles Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Expired
US4273353A Articulator for interconnecting front and rear vehicle chassis portions Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US4072354A Breaker apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US5167042A Bath Human Necessities 2 Expired
USD878232S1 Pocket size digital scale with a laminated measuring platform and a detachable cantilevered extension arm General 2 Active
US6718256B1 Method for identifying an operating state of an engine soak timer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US8642880B2 Interchangeable and fully adjustable solar thermal-photovoltaic concentrator systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
USRE40262E1 Method to infer engine coolant temperature in cylinder head temperature sensor equipped vehicles General 1 Expired
US5280655A Bath Human Necessities 0 Expired

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