Inventor · Tours, FR

Laurent Gonthier

37Patents
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17Co-inventors
60Inventor score

Filing activity: May 28, 1999 → Jun 14, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7119497B2 Dimmer for resistive or capacitive loads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6208126A Circuit having a bidirectional switch for supplying a load from an AC voltage supply Electricity 9 Expired
US7483280B2 Capacitive power supply circuit and method Electricity 5 Expired
US8004231B2 Control of a triac for the starting of a motor Electricity 4 Active
US9774243B2 Power converter with inrush current limitation Electricity 4 Active
US11228239B2 Discharge of an AC capacitor using totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) circuitry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US6975122B2 Protection of an A.C. switch Electricity 2 Expired
US9525361B2 Controlled rectifying circuit Electricity 2 Active
US9755541B2 AC-DC converter with inrush current limitation Electricity 2 Active
US6542022B2 Voltage pulse analog generator Electricity 2 Expired
US10483869B1 Power conversion circuit having inrush current limiting resistor bypass Electricity 1 Active
US9912249B2 Rectifying circuit with thyristors Electricity 1 Active
US7224087B2 Circuit for the control of a triac without galvanic isolation Electricity 1 Expired
US7514897B2 Control of a triac for the starting of a motor Electricity 1 Active
US11271493B2 Thyristor control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11936288B2 Discharge of an AC capacitor using totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) circuitry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10014797B2 AC/DC converter with inrush current limitation Electricity 1 Active
US11251696B2 Discharge of an AC capacitor Electricity 1 Active
US10298143B2 Rectifying circuit with thyristors Electricity 1 Active
US9667130B2 Inrush current limiting circuit Electricity 1 Active
US7479744B2 Power dimmer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11515805B2 Capacitor discharge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8994283B2 Circuit for controlling a lighting unit having a periodic power supply with a thyristor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12381467B2 Voltage converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10686388B2 Rectifying bridge control circuit Physics 0 Active

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