Inventor · Manitowoc, WI, US

Robert J. Walker

38Patents
10h-index
22Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 30, 1976 → Jan 22, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6173094A Optical-transmission system having a split-gain amplifier and a signal-modifying device Electricity 44 Expired
US5659641A Optical circuit on printed circuit board Electricity 26 Expired
USRE38310E1 Optical circuit on printed circuit board General 16 Expired
US4292714A Easy opening and secure closing closure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6213318A Rotatable connection system for crane boom sections Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5406767A Longitudinally divisible crane boom segment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5842587A Offsetting link assembly for folding luffing jib Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US7954657B2 Connection system for crane boom segments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US5487479A Method for nesting longitudinally divisible crane boom segments Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US5960970A Multiple position wire rope guide Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US8534474B2 Connection system for crane boom segments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9674118B2 System and method for low-latency network data switching Electricity 10 Active
US8739988B2 Pinned connection system for crane column segments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9051159B2 Column connector system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8839966B2 Folding jib main strut and transportable reeved strut caps Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Active
US8127949B2 Crane backstay spreader Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8622228B2 Boom hoist transportation system and crane using same Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US9521219B2 Systems, methods, and apparatuses using common addressing Electricity 2 Active
US10354562B2 Identification tag covering device Human Necessities 2 Active
USD367746S Hand held bagger General 2 Expired
US10484268B2 System and method for low-latency network data switching Electricity 2 Active
US9853879B2 Systems and methods for identifying interconnections among physical-layer cross-connect switches Electricity 2 Active
US10789054B2 Methods, systems, apparatuses and devices for facilitating change impact analysis (CIA) using modular program dependency graphs Physics 1 Active
US9187296B2 Connection system for crane column segments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10929405B2 Systems and methods for distributed architecture of market-data processing device Electricity 1 Active

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