Inventor · Harrisburg, PA, US

Robert W. Brown

72Patents
19h-index
84Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 8, 1976 → Jan 14, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5421675A Apparatus for near vertical laying of pipeline Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 50 Expired
US6695622B2 Electrical system having means for accommodating various distances between PC boards thereof mounting the means Electricity 45 Expired
US9246262B2 Electrical connector including latch assembly with pull tab Electricity 38 Active
US5185010A Spirally wound tampon with overwrap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5141376A Self drilling screw Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 32 Expired
US5061136A Masonry screw anchor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 31 Expired
US7351071B2 High density, high speed connector Electricity 28 Active
US7261591B2 Pluggable connector with a high density structure Electricity 27 Expired
US5036282A Biplanar gradient coil for magnetic resonance imaging systems Physics 27 Expired
US4872845A Retention means for chip carrier sockets Electricity 26 Expired
US4853875A Image-capable interprocessor link communications protocol Electricity 25 Expired
US6688897B2 Electrical connector Electricity 23 Expired
US6692273B1 Straddle mount connector Electricity 22 Expired
US7141974B2 Active-passive electromagnetic shielding to reduce MRI acoustic noise Physics 22 Expired
US7375526B2 Active-passive electromagnetic shielding to reduce MRI acoustic noise Physics 21 Active
US5689189A Technique for designing distributed radio frequency coils and distributed radio frequency coils designed thereby Physics 21 Expired
US5314539A Apparatus for plasma treatment of continuous material Physics 20 Expired
US8452959B2 Method and system for registering a presence user with a presence service Electricity 19 Active
US7112072B2 Ground bus for an electrical connector Electricity 19 Expired
US8620850B2 Dynamically manipulating an emoticon or avatar Electricity 18 Active
US7108567B1 Electrical device for interconnecting two printed circuit boards at a large distance Electricity 17 Expired
USRE34969E Masonry screw anchor General 16 Expired
US7037136B1 Connector module Electricity 16 Expired
US5566435A Method of attaching a tampon withdrawal cord with an overhand hitch knot Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5164849A Liquid crystal display with a fast warm up Physics 15 Expired

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