Inventor · Des Moines, WA, US

Thomas E. Speer

18Patents
8h-index
13Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 19, 1985 → Mar 2, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6591169B2 Method and computer program product for controlling the actuators of an aerodynamic vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 41 Expired
US7228227B2 Bezier curve flightpath guidance using moving waypoints Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Expired
US7469863B1 Systems and methods for automatically and semiautomatically controlling aircraft refueling Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Active
US7980512B1 System and method for displaying aerial refueling symbology Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Active
US7357352B2 Air vehicle assembly and an associated control system and method Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US4722062A Method and apparatus for the control or monitoring of thermal turbomachines based on material stresses Physics 14 Expired
US7424350B2 Vehicle control systems and corresponding sizing methods Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6711476B2 Method and computer program product for estimating at least one state of a dynamic system Physics 8 Expired
US8910902B2 Towed sensor array maneuvering system and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
US8398028B1 Drogue with power generator Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US7548800B2 Method and computer program product for controlling an aerodynamic vehicle having at least one structural mode Physics 4 Active
US9132921B2 Refueling boom control system Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US9352846B2 Refueling boom control system Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8733704B1 Drogue with power generator Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7353842B2 Air fitting with an integral check valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US9757889B2 Non-conductive wire splice connector Electricity 1 Active
US8733703B1 Drogue with power generator Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US10013814B2 Diagnosis of aircraft gas turbine engines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active

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