Inventor · Rodeo, CA, US

Ronald A. Lesea

18Patents
9h-index
8Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 28, 1977 → Oct 30, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5315214A Dimmable high power factor high-efficiency electronic ballast controller integrated circuit with automatic ambient over-temperature shutdown Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US4415839A Electronic ballast for gaseous discharge lamps Electricity 68 Expired
US6465990B2 Power factor correction circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US4672522A Power factor correcting network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US4256928A Telephone call diverting and answering system Electricity 23 Expired
US5021716A Forward inverter ballast circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4117270A Telephone answering and call diverting system Electricity 16 Expired
US5028846A Single-ended ballast circuit Electricity 11 Expired
US5477112A Ballasting network with integral trap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5757630A Control circuit with improved functionality for non-linear and negative resistance loads Electricity 9 Expired
US5635825A Power factor corrected feedforward coupled DC power supply Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5345164A Power factor corrected DC power supply Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7859194B2 Short arc lamp driver and applications Electricity 5 Active
US5047691A High-pass t-networks with integral transformer for gaseous discharge lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5315215A High-voltage switching circuit Electricity 3 Expired
US5949196A Method and system for switchable light levels in operating gas discharge lamps with an inexpensive single ballast Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US5175475A High-pass t-networks with integral transformer for gaseous discharge lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US5101140A High-pass T-networks with integral transformer for gaseous discharge lamps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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