Joseph Sauer
35Patents
13h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 28, 1978 → May 28, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5654530A | Auditory canal insert for hearing aids | Electricity | 329 | Expired |
| US5636285A | Voice-controlled hearing aid | Electricity | 78 | Expired |
| US4387608A | Electronic control for a stepless vehicle transmission using a control member response to dynamic pressure | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 51 | Expired |
| US5341433A | Hearing aid device | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US4345489A | Hydraulic control system for servos in automatic transmissions | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 47 | Expired |
| US5889874A | Hearing aid device to be worn in the ear | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US5717771A | Programmable hearing aid means worn in the auditory canal | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US5524150A | Hearing aid providing an information output signal upon selection of an electronically set transmission parameter | Electricity | 40 | Expired |
| US4462275A | Electronic control for a stepless vehicle transmission using a control member responsive to static pressure | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 37 | Expired |
| US6069963A | Hearing aid wherein the direction of incoming sound is determined by different transit times to multiple microphones in a sound channel | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US4328645A | Multiple spindle flexible sanding head | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US4360092A | Gearshift method and apparatus | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Expired |
| US8254608B2 | Hearing aid device and method of producing a hearing aid device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Active |
| US7971337B2 | Method for producing a microphone module for a hearing aid device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US4584905A | Method and apparatus for control of gear changing under load in a transmission | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Expired |
| US7702124B2 | Electroacoustic miniature transducer for a hearing aid | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US5404408A | Miniature hearing aid to be worn on the head, and a method for the manufacture thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US7783068B2 | Hearing device with a damping element | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US4420994A | Hydraulic regulating device for load operated gear shift systems | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US6843690B2 | Contact device for hearing aids | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US8238594B2 | Front plate with sealing apparatus | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7443991B2 | ITE hearing aid for binaural hearing assistance | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US4395927A | Hydraulic regulating device for load shifted gears | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US4254671A | Method and system for upshifting an automatic transmission | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US9654886B2 | Hybrid hearing instrument connector | Electricity | 5 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.