Inventor · Gilbert, AZ, US

Robert A. Kimball

16Patents
7h-index
13Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 29, 1993 → Dec 23, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5493183A Open loop brightness control for EL lamp Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 171 Expired
US5313141A Three terminal inverter for electroluminescent lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5349269A Power supply having dual inverters for electroluminescent lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5502357A Low cost inverter for EL lamp Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6462485B1 EL driver for small semiconductor die Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5347198A Low cost AC switch for electroluminescent lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5483503A Split chip inverter for EL lamp Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6204609A Enhanced inverter for powering an EL lamp Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6580222B2 Inverter for driving EL lamp and light emitting diodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6597123B1 Inverter for driving EL lamp and liquid crystal display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7190600B1 Single output EL driver producing reduced current spikes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7876399B2 Liquid crystal display with split electrode Physics 3 Active
US6407507B1 Personal electronic device having EL lamp and buzzer powered from a single inductor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7843140B2 AC switch with zero off current for EL panel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11710759B2 Single contact relief print generator Electricity 0 Active
US7009346B2 Driving an EL panel without DC bias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired

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