Inventor · Mississauga, ON, CA

Michael John Phillips

126Patents
25h-index
65Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 8, 1991 → Jan 25, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5921793A Self-terminating coaxial connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Expired
US6655966B2 Modular connector with grounding interconnect Electricity 141 Expired
US7070446B2 Stacked SFP connector and cage assembly Electricity 132 Expired
US7764504B2 Heat transfer system for a receptacle assembly Electricity 88 Active
US9413112B2 Electrical connector having contact modules Electricity 68 Active
US6776668B1 Low profile coaxial board-to-board connector Electricity 67 Expired
US7651361B2 Electrical connector having pull tether for latch release Electricity 59 Active
US9692183B2 Receptacle connector with ground bus Electricity 47 Active
US8599559B1 Cage with a heat sink mounted on its mounting side and an EMI gasket with its fingers electrically connected to the mounting side Electricity 44 Active
US7438596B2 Electrical connector assembly with EMI gasket Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US9666998B1 Ground contact module for a contact module stack Electricity 38 Active
US6881095B2 Small form-factor transceiver module with pull-to-release Electricity 36 Expired
US10104760B1 Pluggable module having cooling channel with heat transfer fins Electricity 36 Active
US9490587B1 Communication connector having a contact module stack Electricity 35 Active
US8449331B2 Cage and connector cover for a receptacle assembly Electricity 34 Active
US6626708B2 Single piece spring contact Electricity 33 Expired
US9166320B1 Cable connector assembly Electricity 33 Active
US9640915B2 Electrical connector with a programmable ground tie bar Electricity 33 Active
US7507103B1 Electrical component latch Physics 33 Active
US6663439B2 Electrical connector with spring biased contacts Electricity 30 Expired
US8231400B2 Latch for a cable assembly Electricity 30 Active
US9559465B2 High speed signal-isolating electrical connector assembly Electricity 28 Active
US9668378B2 Receptacle assembly with heat extraction from a pluggable module Electricity 28 Active
US9531130B1 Electrical connector having resonance control Electricity 27 Active
US9935385B2 Receptacle connector with contact assembly Electricity 26 Active

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