Inventor · Oberhausen, DE

Rudolf Klein

17Patents
7h-index
26Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: May 29, 1984 → Jan 10, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7275527B2 Method and apparatus for venting a crankcase of an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US6403900B2 Compact steering column module Electricity 12 Expired
US6018949A Internal combustion engine with exhaust gas turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4857368A Coating method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6223714A Method for increasing the safety of motor-vehicle occupants in the event of a crash Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6272860A Method and apparatus for checking the functioning of a pressure-operated actuating element in an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6046413A Switch with lift-off ramp Electricity 8 Expired
US6008457A Assembly for steering column switch with spiral spring Electricity 6 Expired
US5967300A Switch with flexible conductor foil Electricity 6 Expired
US6601443B1 Integrated subassembly mountable on the steering column or on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle Physics 6 Expired
US6278070A Steering column switch with microswitches that has two operating positions and one neutral position system for cleaning windscreens Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US5973275A Electric switch with microswitches fitted in the region of the manually operated actuating component Electricity 2 Expired
US6417468B2 Modular steering column mounted switch system Electricity 2 Expired
US6087603A Switch with moving contact makers in the form of spring tongues Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US4517060A Method and bath for electrodepositing a violet-colored gold-copper-bismuth alloy Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US6291784A Snap switch Electricity 1 Expired
US5834720A Steering column switch in the form of a gear shift mechanism that can be fixed in the neutral position Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Expired

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