Inventor · Boulder, CO, US

Ronald E. Pelrine

119Patents
45h-index
60Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 30, 1990 → Apr 21, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6545384B1 Electroactive polymer devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,555 Expired
US6583533B2 Electroactive polymer electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,492 Expired
US6809462B2 Electroactive polymer sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 365 Expired
US6891317B2 Rolled electroactive polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 306 Expired
US6376971B1 Electroactive polymer electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 246 Expired
US6768246B2 Biologically powered electroactive polymer generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 212 Expired
US6812624B1 Electroactive polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 208 Expired
US6882086B2 Variable stiffness electroactive polymer systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 154 Expired
US6781284B1 Electroactive polymer transducers and actuators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US7064472B2 Electroactive polymer devices for moving fluid Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 146 Expired
US6586859B2 Electroactive polymer animated devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Expired
US6664718B2 Monolithic electroactive polymers Electricity 128 Expired
US7034432B1 Electroactive polymer generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 123 Expired
US5388528A Vehicle for use in pipes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US6876135B2 Master/slave electroactive polymer systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US5284096A Vehicle for use in pipes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 115 Expired
US6628040B2 Electroactive polymer thermal electric generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 114 Expired
US7199501B2 Electroactive polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 112 Expired
US6806621B2 Electroactive polymer rotary motors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Expired
US6940211B2 Electroactive polymers transducers and actuators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US6543110B1 Electroactive polymer fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 101 Expired
US5392715A In-pipe running robot and method of running the robot Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 98 Expired
US6911764B2 Energy efficient electroactive polymers and electroactive polymer devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US6343129B1 Elastomeric dielectric polymer film sonic actuator Electricity 90 Expired
US5243992A Pulse rate sensor system Human Necessities 79 Expired

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