Michael W. Major
34Patents
13h-index
30Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: May 26, 1998 → Jan 19, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6473512B1 | Apparatus and method for a custom soft-solid hearing aid | Electricity | 153 | Expired |
| US7778434B2 | Self forming in-the-ear hearing aid with conical stent | Electricity | 140 | Active |
| US6354990B1 | Soft hearing aid | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 115 | Expired |
| US6695943B2 | Method of manufacturing a soft hearing aid | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 92 | Expired |
| US6438244B1 | Hearing aid construction with electronic components encapsulated in soft polymeric body | Electricity | 90 | Expired |
| US6022311A | Apparatus and method for a custom soft-solid hearing aid | Electricity | 55 | Expired |
| US6434248B1 | Soft hearing aid moulding apparatus | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US7217335B2 | Method of manufacturing a soft hearing aid | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US6761789B2 | Method of manufacturing a soft hearing aid | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US6228020A | Compliant hearing aid | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US6432247B1 | Method of manufacturing a soft hearing aid | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US9917488B2 | Motor including removable weights for balancing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US6254526A | Hearing aid having hard mounting plate and soft body bonded thereto | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US6728383B1 | Method of compensating for hearing loss | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US7352092B2 | Integrated motor and controller assemblies for horizontal axis washing machines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US10833552B2 | Motor lead connector for ingress protected motor | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8946954B2 | Integrated direct drive motor and control | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US8692424B2 | Stator with cavity for retaining wires and method of forming the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US9093884B2 | Integrated motor and control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| USD1018464S1 | Motor wire connector housing | General | 2 | Active |
| US11183903B2 | Inner rotor motor with hollow wiring tube inside rotor shaft | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US10215180B2 | Motor with backing ring diecast in rotor can | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| USD1072754S1 | Motor wire connector housing | General | 1 | Active |
| US10036397B2 | Draft inducer blower wheel having improved shaft connection | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US10700570B2 | Motor with backing ring diecast in rotor can | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.