Inventor · York, PA, US

Steven E. Minich

116Patents
29h-index
44Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 21, 1994 → Jul 11, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5647767A Electrical connector jack assembly for signal transmission Electricity 146 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
US8251745B2 Electrical connector system with orthogonal contact tails Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Active
US7331830B2 High-density orthogonal connector Electricity 90 Expired
US9257778B2 High speed electrical connector Electricity 90 Active
US8678860B2 Shieldless, high-speed, low-cross-talk electrical connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Active
US7182643B2 Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US7354274B2 Connector assembly for interconnecting printed circuit boards Electricity 74 Expired
US6814590B2 Electrical power connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US7278856B2 Contact protector for electrical connectors Electricity 68 Expired
US7168963B2 Electrical power connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US8764464B2 Cross talk reduction for high speed electrical connectors Electricity 65 Active
US7065871B2 Method of manufacturing electrical power connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US8480413B2 Electrical connector having commoned ground shields Electricity 62 Active
US7407413B2 Broadside-to-edge-coupling connector system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US7497736B2 Shieldless, high-speed, low-cross-talk electrical connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US8267721B2 Electrical connector having ground plates and ground coupling bar Electricity 49 Active
US7384289B2 Surface-mount connector Electricity 47 Expired
US7347740B2 Mechanically robust lead frame assembly for an electrical connector Electricity 47 Expired
US7229318B2 Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US7503804B2 Backplane connector Electricity 44 Active
US7762843B2 Shieldless, high-speed, low-cross-talk electrical connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Active
US7500871B2 Electrical connector system with jogged contact tails Electricity 43 Active
USD712843S1 Vertical electrical connector housing General 38 Active

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