Robert E. Shannon
19Patents
13h-index
28Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 4, 1989 → Oct 19, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5396800A | Apparatus and method for inspecting a control rod drive mechanism penetration tube for degradation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5272216A | System and method for remotely heating a polymeric material to a selected temperature | Performing Operations; Transporting | 54 | Expired |
| US6399948B1 | Miniaturized contactless sonic IR device for remote non-destructive inspection | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US7689003B2 | Combined 2D and 3D nondestructive examination | Physics | 43 | Active |
| US8244025B2 | Method of coalescing information about inspected objects | Physics | 38 | Active |
| US8477154B2 | Method and system for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects | Physics | 33 | Active |
| US5317045A | System and method for remotely heating a polymeric material to a selected temperature | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
| US6877894B2 | Self-aligning apparatus for acoustic thermography | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US7485882B2 | Hand held magnetic induction thermography system | Physics | 27 | Active |
| US5391595A | System and method for remotely heating a polymeric material to a selected temperature | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US5423222A | Method for determining the relative amount of deformation induced in a sealing component by a sealing | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US7057176B2 | System and method for multiple mode flexible excitation in sonic infrared imaging | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6998616B2 | System and method for acoustic chaos and sonic infrared imaging | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US7064331B2 | Method for calibrating and enhancing flaw detection of an acoustic thermography system | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5087174A | Temperature activated expanding mineral shim | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US4978917A | Method for nondestructive measurement of heat affected zone of identification code on nuclear fuel rod | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7822268B2 | Advanced processing of active thermography signals | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US5327081A | Method for determining the thickness of a material by means of a radiant energy probe | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US5251765A | Apparatus and method for segregating rods of undesirable alloy composition | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.