Kenneth Ralph Piety
59Patents
20h-index
39Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 14, 1983 → Dec 12, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4520674A | Vibration monitoring device | Physics | 197 | Expired |
| US6078874A | Apparatus and method for machine data collection | Electricity | 134 | Expired |
| US6192325A | Method and apparatus for establishing a predictive maintenance database | Physics | 125 | Expired |
| US5637871A | Portable digital infrared thermography system | Physics | 113 | Expired |
| US5386117A | Infrared thermography system including mobile unit | Physics | 86 | Expired |
| US5544073A | Rotor balancing calculator | Physics | 74 | Expired |
| US6220098A | Multiple sensor ultrasonic monitoring device | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US5922963A | Determining narrowband envelope alarm limit based on machine vibration spectra | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US5943634A | Vibration data analysis based on time waveform parameters | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US5875420A | Determining machine operating conditioning based on severity of vibration spectra deviation from an acceptable state | Physics | 63 | Expired |
| US5965819A | Parallel processing in a vibration analyzer | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US5680025A | Proactive motor monitoring for avoiding premature failures and for fault recognition | Physics | 57 | Expired |
| US6247353A | Digital ultrasonic monitoring system and method | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US5744723A | Method for determining rotational speed from machine vibration data | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US5739698A | Machine fault detection using slot pass frequency flux measurements | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5530343A | Induction motor speed determination by flux spectral analysis | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6549869B1 | Expert analysis modules for machine testing | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US6234021A | Enhanced detection of vibration | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US6189384A | Route based ultrasonic monitoring system | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5394739A | Viscosity tester and method with orbiting object | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5371953A | Shaft alignment apparatus | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6598479B1 | Integral magnet vibration sensor | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5185937A | Alignment bracket assembly integrity check and sag determination | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5526282A | Alignment analyzer with graphical alignment tolerance display | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5263261A | Shaft alignment data acquisition | Physics | 13 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.