Michael Hofmann
32Patents
5h-index
60Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 30, 1990 → Dec 3, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6429420B1 | Reversing aid | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US7463341B2 | Method and apparatus for detecting wind velocities by means of a doppler-lidar system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US8089622B2 | Device and method for evaluating defects in the edge area of a wafer and use of the device in inspection system for wafers | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US7490714B2 | Transport device, in particular for use in a vacuum chamber | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Active |
| US8432123B2 | Method and electric circuit for operating an electric motor, especially a servomotor, for a component of an internal combustion engine | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US8087799B2 | Illumination means and inspection means having an illumination means | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9892880B2 | Insert for fuse housing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US11761790B2 | Method and system for image-based positioning and mapping for a road network utilizing object detection | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US9607799B2 | Porous inlay for fuse housing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US8192132B2 | Transfer chamber for a vacuum processing apparatus, and a vacuum processing apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US8952651B2 | Electrically drivable motor vehicle with two anti-parallel power branches | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US11935243B2 | Generative adversarial networks for image segmentation | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8835786B2 | Actuating device for a power switch | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8467161B2 | Device for protecting a DC voltage converter | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9108798B2 | Transport roller and transport device for a horizontal continuous substrate treatment apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1 | Active |
| US5119201A | Line camera for imaging object strips on photosensitive detector lines | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
| US10116011B2 | Switching device for an electrochemical energy store and energy storage system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US12420633B2 | Pedal unit for a vehicle | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US9129719B2 | Ions metering device for an energy storage device, method of manufacturing a metering device and ion energy storage device | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10297939B2 | Electrical contact having a pin which is arranged such that it can move | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US9057131B2 | Separating device for process chambers of vacuum coating installations and vacuum coating installation | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Active |
| US11835358B2 | Method and system for video-based positioning and mapping | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US12095347B2 | Cooling device for use in alternating magnetic fields, coil arrangement, electric machine, and aircraft | Performing Operations; Transporting | 0 | Active |
| US9057130B2 | Transport roller for the vacuum treatment of substrates | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Active |
| US6942768B2 | Vacuum coating apparatus | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.