Inventor · South Burlington, VT, US

Michael John Hamel

32Patents
21h-index
14Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 10, 2001 → Jul 24, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7256695B2 Remotely powered and remotely interrogated wireless digital sensor telemetry system Human Necessities 1,570 Expired
US6622567B1 Micropower peak strain detection system for remote interrogation Physics 205 Expired
US7081693B2 Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission Electricity 191 Expired
US7860680B2 Robotic system for powering and interrogating sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 166 Active
US7256505B2 Shaft mounted energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission Electricity 128 Expired
US7672781B2 Miniaturized wireless inertial sensing system Human Necessities 107 Active
US7170201B2 Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission Electricity 96 Expired
US7719416B2 Energy harvesting, wireless structural health monitoring system Performing Operations; Transporting 91 Active
US7429805B2 Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission Electricity 84 Expired
US7361998B2 Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission Electricity 65 Expired
US7839058B1 Wideband vibration energy harvester Electricity 63 Active
US7365455B2 Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission Electricity 61 Expired
US6433629B1 Micropower differential sensor measurement Physics 52 Expired
US8011255B2 Shaft mounted energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission Electricity 51 Active
US9197143B1 Harvesting power from multiple energy sources Electricity 50 Active
US6714763B2 Micropower differential sensor measurement Physics 46 Expired
US7786867B2 Remotely powered and remotely interrogated wireless digital sensor telemetry system Human Necessities 43 Active
US7747415B1 Sensor powered event logger Physics 42 Active
US7668667B2 Miniature stimulating and sensing system Physics 33 Expired
US8638217B2 Energy harvesting, wireless structural health monitoring system with time keeper and energy storage devices Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Active
US7591187B2 Wireless vibrating strain gauge for smart civil structures Physics 26 Active
US8319402B1 Bowl-shaped wide-band vibration energy harvester Electricity 18 Active
US7781943B1 Capacitive discharge energy harvesting converter Electricity 18 Active
US7696621B2 RFID tag packaging system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US6901654B2 Method of fabricating a coil and clamp for variable reluctance transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired

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