Inventor · Asheville, NC, US

Mark E. Innes

31Patents
10h-index
14Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 18, 1991 → Apr 22, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5539608A Electronic interlock for electromagnetic contactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US5652420A Modular contactor control system Electricity 40 Expired
US5303160A Load controller with digitally modeled overload protection and analog tracking of heat state during power off Electricity 33 Expired
US5493101A Positive temperature coefficient transition sensor Electricity 25 Expired
US5546268A Electromagnetic device with current regulated closure characteristic Electricity 24 Expired
US5606299A Modular surge suppressor Electricity 23 Expired
US5220478A Apparatus for displaying thermal condition of motor controller Electricity 22 Expired
US5774323A Detection of contact position from coil current in electromagnetic switches having AC or DC operated coils Electricity 15 Expired
US5706153A Programmer for starter Electricity 14 Expired
US5691871A Test circuit for electrical switching device Electricity 11 Expired
US5168418A Double DC coil timing circuit Electricity 10 Expired
US5444309A Reduced wattage PLC interface Electricity 10 Expired
US5510949A Duty cycle filtered trip signalling Electricity 10 Expired
US5815364A Ultrasonic coil current regulator Electricity 10 Expired
US5699222A Apparatus and method for programming and reviewing a plurality of parameters of electrical switching device Electricity 8 Expired
US5684342A Starter with overload relay having power off cooling for multiple class loads Electricity 8 Expired
US5315471A Coil current regulator with induced flux compensation in an electromagnetic contactor system Electricity 6 Expired
US5815357A Method and apparatus for three-phase sensing using two current transformers Physics 5 Expired
US5519560A Unity gain filter for current transformer Physics 5 Expired
US7019951B2 Extended trip range motor control system and method Electricity 5 Expired
US5608311A AC input for digital processor with capacitively coupled immunity and surge withstand Physics 5 Expired
US7907375B2 Self powered electronic overload method and system Electricity 5 Active
US5777835A Third phase reconstruction from a two current transformer sensor with three-phase true RMS and phase loss determination capabilities Electricity 5 Expired
US5508875A Self powered remote trip indicator Electricity 4 Expired
US5715129A Electronic overload relay having intrinsic power supply operable from power applied to contactor coil Electricity 4 Expired

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