Inventor · Christiansburg, VA, US

Norris E. Lewis

26Patents
11h-index
16Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: May 12, 1980 → Sep 3, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5455703A Fiber optic transceiver with integrated coupler Physics 72 Expired
US5285512A Fiber optic transceiver with integrated coupler Physics 40 Expired
US4525025A Fiber optic rotary joint using a reflective surface and tangentially mounted rotor and stator optical fibers Physics 36 Expired
US4398113A Fiber brush slip ring assembly Electricity 34 Expired
US4492427A Optical slip ring assembly Electricity 30 Expired
US4436367A Optical slip ring assembly Electricity 28 Expired
US6104849A Fiber optic rotary joint Physics 24 Expired
US5991478A Fiber optic rotary joint Physics 21 Expired
US6980714B2 Fiber optic rotary joint and associated reflector assembly Physics 16 Expired
US5054189A Method of manufacturing an electrical slip ring assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4329004A Gas filled high voltage slip ring assembly Electricity 12 Expired
US7105983B2 Electrical contact technology and methodology for the manufacture of large-diameter electrical slip rings Electricity 10 Expired
US4323292A High voltage slip ring assembly Electricity 9 Expired
US6453088B1 Segmented waveguide for large diameter fiber optic rotary joint Electricity 7 Expired
US8611753B2 Optical rotary joints, methods of mounting same in a properly-aligned manner, and optical reflector assemblies for use therein Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7545073B2 Fluid-dispensing reservoir for large-diameter slip rings Electricity 7 Active
US7339302B2 Electrical contact technology and methodology for the manufacture of large-diameter electrical slip rings Electricity 7 Active
US6751369B1 Fiber lens assembly for singlemode optical switches Physics 7 Expired
US7423359B2 Fluid-dispensing reservoir for large-diameter slip rings Electricity 4 Active
US7495366B2 Compact slip ring incorporating fiber-on-tips contact technology Electricity 4 Active
US8285146B2 Optical rotary joints, methods of mounting same in a properly-aligned manner, and optical reflector assemblies for use therein Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8520990B2 High-power collimating lens assemblies, and methods of reducing the optical power density in collimating lens assemblies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10965077B2 Superconducting devices, such as slip-rings and homopolar motors/generators Electricity 0 Active
US8705976B2 Optical reflector assemblies for use optical rotary joints Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10446995B2 Superconducting devices, such as slip-rings and homopolar motors/generators Electricity 0 Active

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