Inventor · Troy, MI, US

Peter A. Hochstein

102Patents
36h-index
25Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 4, 1975 → Apr 12, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5857767A Thermal management system for L.E.D. arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 481 Expired
US6045240A LED lamp assembly with means to conduct heat away from the LEDS Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 471 Expired
US5661645A Power supply for light emitting diode array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 449 Expired
US6144022A Rain sensor using statistical analysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 408 Expired
US5783909A Maintaining LED luminous intensity Electricity 405 Expired
US6428189B1 L.E.D. thermal management Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 341 Expired
US6517218B2 LED integrated heat sink Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 340 Expired
US5785418A Thermally protected LED array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 332 Expired
US5633629A Traffic information system using light emitting diodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 282 Expired
US4450431A Condition monitoring system (tire pressure) Performing Operations; Transporting 213 Expired
US5784006A Annunciator system with mobile receivers Electricity 135 Expired
US6582100B1 LED mounting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US5635902A L.E.D. enhanced bus stop sign Performing Operations; Transporting 108 Expired
US5649972A Infrared heating apparatus Human Necessities 103 Expired
US5782555A Heat dissipating L.E.D. traffic light Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US4433693A Method and assembly for monitoring respiration and detecting apnea Human Necessities 101 Expired
USRE42161E1 Power supply for light emitting diode array General 90 Expired
US6207967A Off the glass imaging rain sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 77 Expired
US6078148A Transformer tap switching power supply for LED traffic signal Electricity 74 Expired
US4798956A Electro-optical windshield moisture sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US4544988A Bistable shape memory effect thermal transducers Electricity 64 Expired
US4960996A Rain sensor with reference channel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US4484955A Shape memory material and method of treating same Chemistry; Metallurgy 58 Expired
US6094981A Capacitive rain sensor for windshield Performing Operations; Transporting 54 Expired
US6603137B2 Differential imaging rain sensor Physics 52 Expired

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