Inventor · St. Georgen, DE

Rolf Muller

142Patents
30h-index
80Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 18, 1974 → Apr 10, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4647161A Fish eye lens system Physics 203 Expired
US4164690A Compact miniature fan Electricity 112 Expired
USD574505S1 Sample storage device General 103 Expired
US5641251A All-ceramic drill bit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US4554473A Brushless direct current motor system Electricity 92 Expired
US4647803A Electric motor, particularly a brushless direct current motor Electricity 76 Expired
US4519010A Driving mechanism for magnetic hard disc memories Electricity 59 Expired
US4115715A Brushless d. c. motor Electricity 59 Expired
US4394594A Motor with a disk rotor Electricity 57 Expired
US4604665A Driving mechanism for magnetic hard disc Electricity 57 Expired
US4698542A Brushless direct current motor system Electricity 56 Expired
US4566593A Carton formed from a plurality of packages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US5174588A Automatically locking chuck for drill or the like Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US4099104A Brushless d-c motor system Electricity 52 Expired
US4701653A Disk drive with internal brake and static discharge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US4556052A Medical instrument with internal light source for illuminating body cavities Human Necessities 47 Expired
US5158177A Wraparound multipack with carrying handle Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Expired
US4806832A Fan with temperature controlled rotation speed Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5382853A Brushless DC drive motor with external rotor for use in disc drives and like devices Electricity 39 Expired
US4322666A Brushless, permanent magnet d-c pulse current controlled, essentially uniform torque dynamo electric machine particularly motor Electricity 38 Expired
US6158586A Tightening arrangement for paperboard wrap and tightening section for apparatus for applying a wrap around a plurality of articles Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US4535275A Brushless D-C motor system with improved commutation circuit Electricity 35 Expired
US5418416A Brushless three-phase DC motor Electricity 34 Expired
US4804892A Collectorless direct current motor, driver circuit for a drive and method of operating a collectorless direct current motor Electricity 33 Expired
US4376261A Two-pulse brushless d.c. motor Electricity 33 Expired

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