Stephen B. Smith
139Patents
31h-index
92Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 10, 1987 → Oct 25, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.