Inventor · State College, PA, US

Robert E. Newnham

23Patents
14h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 19, 1974 → Jan 11, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5729077A Metal-electroactive ceramic composite transducer Electricity 124 Expired
US4999819A Transformed stress direction acoustic transducer Physics 115 Expired
US4412148A PZT Composite and a fabrication method thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US5276657A Metal-electroactive ceramic composite actuators Electricity 44 Expired
US4613784A Transversely reinforced piezoelectric composites Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6215231A Hollow sphere transducers Human Necessities 39 Expired
US4227111A Flexible piezoelectric composite transducers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US4624796A Piezoelectric filler and flexible piezoelectric composites Electricity 32 Expired
US7437817B2 Process for fabricating hollow electroactive devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US4109359A Method of making ferroelectric crystals having tailored domain patterns Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6232702A Flextensional metal-ceramic composite transducer Physics 23 Expired
US4422003A Perforated PZT polymer composites Electricity 23 Expired
US4485321A Broad bandwidth composite transducers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6614143B2 Class V flextensional transducer with directional beam patterns Electricity 15 Expired
US4728845A 1-3-0 Connectivity piezoelectric composite with void Electricity 14 Expired
USH415H Multilayer PTCR thermistor General 13 Active
US5166907A Frequency agile sonic transducer Electricity 13 Expired
US4761711A Barrier layer ceramic dielectric capacitor containing barium plumbate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4977547A Method of detecting sound in water using piezoelectric-polymer composites with 0-3 connectivity Electricity 11 Expired
US4027074A Process for producing ferroelectric crystalline material Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US4944891A Easily poled 0-3 piezoelectric composites for transducer applications Electricity 9 Expired
US6654993B2 Process for fabricating hollow electroactive devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7019445B2 Process for fabricating hollow electroactive devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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