Inventor · Sargans, CH

Rainer Buhl

12Patents
8h-index
14Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 28, 1980 → Jun 1, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4448802A Method and apparatus for evaporating material under vacuum using both an arc discharge and electron beam Electricity 47 Expired
US4919968A Method and apparatus for vacuum vapor deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US4929321A Method and apparatus for coating workpieces Electricity 26 Expired
US5387326A Method and arrangement for stabilizing an arc between an anode and a cathode particularly for vacuum coating devices Electricity 24 Expired
US5215640A Method and arrangement for stabilizing an arc between an anode and a cathode particularly for vacuum coating devices Electricity 14 Expired
US5192578A Method of producing coating using negative DC pulses with specified duty factor Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US4915806A Process and apparatus for coating microcavities Electricity 8 Expired
US8726779B2 Breechblock drive for a weapon Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Active
US5726376A Breechblock system for a gun Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US4279216A Cathode shielded coating apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
US8833226B2 Selective breechblock and/or ammunition drive Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US4598663A Apparatus for treating the inside surface of an article with an electric glow discharge Electricity 0 Expired

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