Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Robert C. White

21Patents
12h-index
13Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 14, 1987 → Jan 20, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5395252A Area and edge array electrical connectors Electricity 67 Expired
USD761339S1 Compliant manufacturing robot General 45 Active
US5468154A Multi-piece housing card edge connector with mounting arms Electricity 31 Expired
US4815278A Electrically driven fuel pump for gas turbine engines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US5425658A Card edge connector with reduced contact pitch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US8853878B1 Gas turbine engine with multiple load outputs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US5016142A Printed circuit board guide apparatus for a limited access area Electricity 22 Expired
US4833369A Constant spark rate ignition exciter Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 18 Expired
US5150568A Control and protection system for turbine engines contained within a protective housing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4835454A Advanced feed forward switch mode power suppply control Electricity 17 Expired
US4779184A Switch mode power supply with reduced noise Electricity 15 Expired
US5172543A Starting system for a gas turbine and method of starting a gas turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US5011464A Two-speed automatic transmission Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US5509826A Very low profile card edge connector Electricity 10 Expired
US4794760A Direct drive motorized acutator control for bleed valves Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US5069032A Gas turbine ignition system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Expired
US4829973A Constant spark energy, inductive discharge ignition system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US8152496B2 Continuing compressor operation through redundant algorithms Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US10364858B2 Planar flexure members and actuators using them Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9556920B1 Planar flexure members and actuators using them Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US8506259B2 Fluid compression system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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