Michael A. V. Ward
42Patents
24h-index
19Co-inventors
82Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 12, 1974 → Sep 21, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5558071A | Ignition system power converter and controller | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 197 | Expired |
| US4774914A | Electromagnetic ignition--an ignition system producing a large size and intense capacitive and inductive spark with an intense electromagnetic field feeding the spark | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 160 | Expired |
| US4841925A | Enhanced flame ignition for hydrocarbon fuels | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 134 | Expired |
| US4677960A | High efficiency voltage doubling ignition coil for CD system producing pulsed plasma type ignition | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 92 | Expired |
| US5456241A | Optimized high power high energy ignition system | Human Necessities | 88 | Expired |
| US3934566A | Combustion in an internal combustion engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 73 | Expired |
| US4688538A | Rapid pulsed multiple pulse ignition and high efficiency power inverter with controlled output characteristics | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 72 | Expired |
| US5482168A | Modular wall-mounted storage system | Human Necessities | 71 | Expired |
| US5131376A | Distributorless capacitive discharge ignition system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 70 | Expired |
| US4561406A | Winged reentrant electromagnetic combustion chamber | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 69 | Expired |
| US5207208A | Integrated converter high power CD ignition | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US5517961A | Engine with flow coupled spark discharge | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 64 | Expired |
| US5645257A | Adjustable support apparatus | Human Necessities | 53 | Expired |
| US6267107A | Squishinduced turbulence generating colliding flow coupled spark discharge in an IC engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 48 | Expired |
| US5969286A | Low impedence slapper detonator and feed-through assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 45 | Expired |
| US6142130A | Low inductance high energy inductive ignition system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 41 | Expired |
| US4230448A | Burner combustion improvements | Electricity | 39 | Expired |
| US4138980A | System for improving combustion in an internal combustion engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 36 | Expired |
| US5947093A | Hybrid ignition with stress-balanced coils | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
| US5315982A | High efficiency, high output, compact CD ignition coil | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 29 | Expired |
| US4868730A | DC to DC converter current pump | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US4317068A | Plasma jet ignition system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 27 | Expired |
| US4297983A | Spherical reentrant chamber | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US4499872A | Ultra lean burn carburetted adiabatic engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Expired |
| US5211147A | Reverse stratified, ignition controlled, emissions best timing lean burn engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.