Inventor · Richland, WA, US

Thomas J. Davis

24Patents
10h-index
22Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 30, 1975 → Feb 14, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4303885A Digitally controlled multifrequency eddy current test apparatus and method Physics 92 Expired
US4882806A Counterbalancing torsion spring mechanism for devices which move up and down and method of setting the torsion springs thereof Fixed Constructions 88 Expired
US4467281A Multi frequency eddy current test apparatus with intermediate frequency processing Physics 67 Expired
US4170142A Linear transducer array and method for both pulse-echo and holographic acoustic imaging Physics 30 Expired
US4203069A Method and apparatus for non-destructively testing electrically conductive elongate cylindrical components using an eddy current producing coil with a rotor to concentrate the magnetic field in a selected area Physics 20 Expired
US5392292A Configurable spare memory chips Physics 17 Expired
US4006625A Amplitude sorting of oscillatory burst signals by sampling Physics 16 Expired
US8000936B2 Data analysis system for determining coating conditions of a buried pipeline Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US4528506A Ferromagnetic resonance probe liftoff suppression apparatus Physics 12 Expired
US4194240A Precision envelope detector and linear rectifier circuitry Physics 10 Expired
US4476434A Non-destructive testing method and apparatus utilizing phase multiplication holography Physics 10 Expired
US6532684B1 System for cleaning pressurized containers Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US4289987A Magnetostrictive non-contacting pressure detection system Electricity 10 Expired
US4190895A Method and apparatus for rotating cartesian coordinate signals Physics 9 Expired
US7940062B1 Method and apparatus for estimating the condition of a coating on an underground pipeline Physics 9 Active
US7627947B2 Method for making a multilayered circuitized substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7880484B2 Method and apparatus for estimating the condition of a coating on an underground pipeline Physics 3 Active
US6793740B1 Method for cleaning pressurized containers containing moisture sensitive chemicals Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Expired
US8517402B2 Wheelbarrow mounted yard waste bag system Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US7924032B1 Method for fabricating pipeline coating samples containing synthetic disbonds for estimating a condition of a coating of an underground pipeline Physics 3 Active
US7149962B1 System and method for providing a gauge table Physics 1 Expired
US10414533B2 Bag accessory holder Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US7876110B2 Method and apparatus for simulating electrical characteristics of a coated segment of a pipeline Physics 1 Active
US6926776B1 Method for cleaning pressurized containers containing chlorine gas or sulfur dioxide gas Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Expired

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