Inventor · Livonia, MI, US

Stephen B. Smith

139Patents
31h-index
92Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 10, 1987 → Oct 25, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4918690A Network and intelligent cell for providing sensing, bidirectional communications and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 454 Expired
US6652318B1 Cross-talk canceling technique for high speed electrical connectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 320 Expired
US6692272B2 High speed electrical connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 187 Expired
US5844888A Network and intelligent cell for providing sensing, bidirectional communications and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 159 Expired
US6994569B2 Electrical connectors having contacts that may be selectively designated as either signal or ground contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 145 Expired
US7118391B2 Electrical connectors having contacts that may be selectively designated as either signal or ground contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 141 Expired
US4969147A Network and intelligent cell for providing sensing, bidirectional communications and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 120 Expired
US8251745B2 Electrical connector system with orthogonal contact tails Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Active
US5475687A Network and intelligent cell for providing sensing, bidirectional communications and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US6976886B2 Cross talk reduction and impedance-matching for high speed electrical connectors Electricity 92 Expired
US9257778B2 High speed electrical connector Electricity 90 Active
US4939728A Network and intelligent cell for providing sensing bidirectional communications and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 88 Expired
US7316585B2 Reducing suck-out insertion loss Electricity 84 Active
US7182643B2 Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US7309239B2 High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Active
US5924723A Side safety barrier device Performing Operations; Transporting 75 Expired
US7114964B2 Cross talk reduction and impedance matching for high speed electrical connectors Electricity 65 Expired
US6988902B2 Cross-talk reduction in high speed electrical connectors Electricity 62 Expired
US6904751B2 Engine control and catalyst monitoring with downstream exhaust gas sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US6769398B2 Idle speed control for lean burn engine with variable-displacement-like characteristic Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 58 Expired
US7229318B2 Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US7000379B2 Fuel/air ratio feedback control with catalyst gain estimation for an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US7069903B2 Idle speed control for lean burn engine with variable-displacement-like characteristic Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 41 Expired
USD712843S1 Vertical electrical connector housing General 38 Active
US7708569B2 Broadside-coupled signal pair configurations for electrical connectors Electricity 37 Active

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