Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Mathias Schmidt

77Patents
20h-index
60Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 4, 1996 → Apr 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8787006B2 Wrist-worn electronic device and methods therefor Electricity 471 Active
US8535075B1 Electronic device with circuitry to detect the insertion orientation of a plug connector Electricity 100 Active
US8517766B2 Plug connector with external contacts Electricity 100 Active
US8561879B2 Hotbar device and methods for assembling electrical contacts to ensure co-planarity Electricity 63 Active
US8708745B2 Dual orientation electronic connector Electricity 59 Active
US8461465B2 Conductive frame for an electrical connector Electricity 59 Active
US9046414B2 Selectable lens button for a hazard detector and method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Active
US9927129B2 Thermal management system and method for a connected oven Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 48 Active
US8517751B1 Dual orientation connector with external contacts and conductive frame Electricity 46 Active
US8647156B2 Plug connector with external contacts Electricity 44 Active
US8573995B2 Dual orientation connector with external contacts and conductive frame Electricity 36 Active
US8023261B2 Electronic device assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US7896702B2 Compact power adapter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US8637165B2 Connector with multi-layer Ni underplated contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US9514623B1 Smoke detector chamber architecture and related methods using two different wavelengths of light Physics 29 Active
US9685058B2 Smoke detector chamber Physics 28 Active
US9059531B2 Connectors and methods for manufacturing connectors Electricity 28 Active
US8998632B2 Dual orientation connector with external contacts Electricity 23 Active
US9196141B1 Smoke detector chamber Physics 22 Active
US8342861B2 Compact power adapter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US8931962B2 Dual orientation connector with side contacts Electricity 16 Active
US9106031B2 Dual orientation electronic connector Electricity 16 Active
US9478905B2 Dual orientation connector with external contacts Electricity 15 Active
US7544066B1 Electrical connector with flexible interconnect Electricity 14 Active
US9054477B2 Connectors and methods for manufacturing connectors Electricity 13 Active

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