Inventor · Poway, CA, US

Richard B. Smith

29Patents
11h-index
37Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 30, 1974 → Aug 25, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5212021A Energy pack and individual battery cell cartridge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
USD402955S Battery case General 50 Expired
US5679017A Universal battery charger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US4475726A Mechanism for positioning workpieces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US4275600A Testing rubber Physics 28 Expired
US5715454A Version control of documents by independent line change packaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US4799251A ESS equipment testing device Electricity 15 Expired
US4926872A Ultrasonic transducer system and method for the operation thereof Physics 15 Expired
USD451555S Set of components for a drop-in nameplate General 15 Expired
US7307830B2 Capacitor with battery form factor housing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
USD403299S Battery case General 11 Expired
US5322291A Golf practice apparatus Human Necessities 9 Expired
US4921532A Ironmaking by means of a smelting shaft furnace Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US5188114A Method and apparatus for elimination of mirroring in signal processing system Physics 7 Expired
US4068946A Document feeding apparatus Physics 6 Expired
US7261342B2 Automatically locking window latch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5242546A High grade polyethylene paper Textiles; Paper 6 Expired
US4880479A Cold drawn free-machining resulfurized and rephosphorized steel bars having controlled mechanical properties and controlled machinability Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US8760668B1 Methods for determining wear volume of a tested polycrystalline diamond element Physics 5 Active
US4121536A Label dispensing device Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US4741786A Cold drawn free-machining steel bar including bismuth Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US4788483A Parallel redundant actuator systems Physics 3 Expired
US4032298A Apparatus for production of Grignard reagent Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US5572326A Arrangements for measuring the height of a layer of floating liquid Physics 0 Expired
US9075024B1 Methods for determining wear volume of a tested polycrystalline diamond element Physics 0 Active

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