Inventor · Village of La Jolla, CA, US

Norbert B. Elsner

25Patents
14h-index
25Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 17, 1975 → Sep 8, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6207887A Miniature milliwatt electric power generator Electricity 215 Expired
US6307142A Combustion heat powered portable electronic device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 72 Expired
US5436467A Superlattice quantum well thermoelectric material Electricity 36 Expired
US5550387A Superlattice quantum well material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US6828579B2 Thermoelectric device with Si/SiC superlattice N-legs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US7161985B2 Method and device for transmitting data on at least one electrical power supply line Electricity 30 Expired
US6313636A Method for determining switchgear-specific data at contacts in switchgear and/or operation-specific data in a network connected to the switchgear and apparatus for carrying out the method Electricity 25 Expired
US4611089A Thermoelectric converter Electricity 24 Expired
US6319437A Powder injection molding and infiltration process Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US4639542A Modular thermoelectric conversion system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 23 Expired
US5856210A Method for fabricating a thermoelectric module with gapless eggcrate Electricity 20 Expired
US6096965A Quantum well thermoelectric material on organic substrate Electricity 20 Expired
US6096964A Quantum well thermoelectric material on thin flexible substrate Electricity 16 Expired
US7342170B2 Thermoelectric module with Si/SiC and B4 C/B9 C super-lattice legs Electricity 14 Expired
US5875098A Thermoelectric module with gapless eggcrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5753574A Metal infiltrated ceramic electrical conductor Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US6519947B1 Thermoelectric module with funneled heat flux Electricity 9 Expired
US6359440B2 Method of establishing the residual useful life of contacts in switchgear and associated arrangement Electricity 9 Expired
US4001588A Radioactive heat source and method of making same Human Necessities 9 Expired
US4545967A Stabilized lanthanum sulphur compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US6765316B1 Method for averaging out overall burn up in an electromagnetic switching device and a corresponding electromagnetic switching device Electricity 7 Expired
US7038234B2 Thermoelectric module with Si/SiGe and B4C/B9C super-lattice legs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6466002B1 Method for detecting a rotation direction in three-phase networks Physics 6 Expired
US5248639A ZrB.sub.2 phase with enhanced electrical and thermal conductivities and shock resistance Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US8688391B2 Method for determining contact erosion of an electromagnetic switching device, and electromagnetic switching device comprising a mechanism operating according to said method Electricity 4 Active

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