Inventor · Woodside, CA, US

Martin Eberhard

45Patents
16h-index
43Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 30, 1985 → Jun 1, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6331867A Electronic book with automated look-up of terms of within reference titles Physics 424 Expired
US6356287B1 Citation selection and routing feature for hand-held content display device Physics 254 Expired
US6639577B2 Portable information display device with ergonomic bezel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 216 Expired
US6154214A Display orientation features for hand-held content display device Physics 162 Expired
USD425558S Electronic book General 137 Expired
US6181344A Drag-and-release method for configuring user-definable function key of hand-held computing device Physics 121 Expired
US7240350B1 System and method for providing communications to processes Physics 104 Expired
US7316017B1 System and method for allocatiing communications to processors and rescheduling processes in a multiprocessor system Physics 92 Expired
US7386619B1 System and method for allocating communications to processors in a multiprocessor system Physics 91 Expired
USD404761S Portable content display device General 85 Expired
USD483361S1 Portable content display device General 56 Expired
US7622897B2 Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US7671567B2 Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US9065103B2 Battery mounting and cooling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US7629773B2 Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US8063757B2 Charge state indicator for an electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US8125324B2 Charge state indicator for an electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7228550B1 System and method for making communication streams available to processes executing under control of an operating system but without the intervention of the operating system Physics 14 Expired
US7629772B2 Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8598847B2 Balancing voltage for a multi-cell battery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8932741B2 Conductor plate for a vehicle battery module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US4706068A Four wire keyboard interface Electricity 10 Expired
US10160492B2 Battery junction box housing configured to direct crash forces in an electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US9905821B2 Vehicle battery packaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US10847775B2 Multi-layer contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds to battery cells in a battery module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active

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