Inventor · Salem, VA, US

Loren H. Walker

57Patents
19h-index
26Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 22, 1974 → Sep 13, 1994

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5041959A Control system for a current source converter supplying an AC bus Electricity 73 Expired
US4060752A Discharge lamp auxiliary circuit with dI/dt switching control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US4475150A Coordinated load commutated inverter protection system Electricity 51 Expired
US4230979A Controlled current inverter and motor control system Electricity 50 Expired
US4281276A Dual mode AC motor drive system Electricity 48 Expired
US4227138A Reversible variable frequency oscillator for smooth reversing of AC motor drives Electricity 30 Expired
US3940682A Rectifier circuits using transistors as rectifying elements Electricity 27 Expired
US5621599A Switched MOV device Electricity 26 Expired
US4071812A AC Inverter with constant power output Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4496899A Control for a force commutated current source var generator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4237531A Controlled current inverter system having semiconductor overvoltage protection Electricity 23 Expired
US5338994A Method and apparatus for achieving current balance in parallel connected switching devices Electricity 23 Expired
US4545002A Thyristor voltage limiter for current source inverter Electricity 22 Expired
US4276510A Apparatus for sensing current transformer primary current as a function of differential core inductance Electricity 22 Expired
US4609990A Frequency measurement system Physics 21 Expired
US4449087A Flux feedback firing control for a load commutated inverter Electricity 21 Expired
US5070440A Power conversion scheme employing paralleled units Electricity 20 Expired
US4314190A Controlled current inverter with angle command limit Electricity 19 Expired
US4004187A Push-pull inverter ballast for arc discharge lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4311951A Apparatus and method for high slip operation of an AC electric motor at substantially zero rotation and substantially zero torque Electricity 18 Expired
US4994981A Method and apparatus for controlling a power converter Electricity 17 Expired
US4183081A Inverter system including commutation failure prevention scheme Electricity 16 Expired
US4280085A Apparatus and method for providing a signal proportional to flux in an AC motor for control of motor drive current Electricity 16 Expired
US4238821A Method and apparatus for a variable frequency inverter system having commutation fault detection and correction capabilities Electricity 16 Expired
US4253047A Starting electrodes for solenoidal electric field discharge lamps Electricity 16 Expired

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