Robert L. Forward
20Patents
9h-index
5Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 3, 1977 → Sep 8, 2000
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4795123A | Wideband electromagnetic damping of vibrating structures | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 33 | Expired |
| US4158787A | Electromechanical transducer-coupled mechanical structure with negative capacitance compensation circuit | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6116544A | Electrodynamic tether and method of use | Performing Operations; Transporting | 26 | Expired |
| US6173922A | Failure resistant multiline tether | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US6419191B1 | Electrodynamic tether control | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US6431497B1 | Failure resistant multiline tether | Textiles; Paper | 20 | Expired |
| US6260807A | Failure resistant multiline tether | Textiles; Paper | 13 | Expired |
| US6386484B1 | Failure resistant multiline tether | Textiles; Paper | 13 | Expired |
| US4352481A | Apparatus and method for electronic damping of resonances | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US5183225A | Statite: spacecraft that utilizes sight pressure and method of use | Performing Operations; Transporting | 9 | Expired |
| US4199989A | Cold damping of mechanical structures | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Expired |
| US4156859A | Network for simulating low-noise temperature resistors | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6286788A | Alternate interconnection hoytether failure resistant multiline tether | Textiles; Paper | 7 | Expired |
| US4180786A | Impedance-matching circuit using negative low-noise resistance | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6290186A | Planar hoytether failure resistant multiline tether | Textiles; Paper | 6 | Expired |
| US4352982A | Photodiode circuit using a low noise artificial load resistor | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US4232280A | Network for simulating low temperature resistors | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US4264871A | Low noise amplifiers | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US4176331A | Network for simulating low-noise-temperature resistors | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US4242656A | Current pumped voltage divided absorbor | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.