Thomas J. Kane
36Patents
12h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 14, 1975 → Jun 25, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4739507A | Diode end pumped laser and harmonic generator using same | Electricity | 98 | Expired |
| US6701044B2 | Solid state laser generating UV radiation for writing fiber bragg gratings | Electricity | 71 | Expired |
| US6563995B2 | Optical wavelength filtering apparatus with depressed-index claddings | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US6884022B2 | Diesel engine water pump with improved water seal | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 60 | Expired |
| US4578793A | Solid-state non-planar internally reflecting ring laser | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US4902127A | Eye-safe coherent laser radar | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US4963098A | Blind mate shielded input/output connector assembly | Electricity | 40 | Expired |
| US4921435A | Blind mating connector having self-locating feature | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US4797896A | Solid state optical ring resonator and laser using same | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US4829532A | Piezo-electrically tuned optical resonator and laser using same | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US4789159A | Apparatus for assisting a golfer to keep the golfer's head level with the ball and still while the golfer is in the process of hitting the ball | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US4998255A | Resonant phase modulator | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US4749842A | Ring laser and method of making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US7039076B2 | Fiber amplifier system for producing visible light | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5757831A | Electronic suppression of optical feedback instabilities in a solid-state laser | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US6753931B2 | Pulse sequencing for generating a color image in laser-based display systems | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US4947402A | Two-mirror shaping of a non-circular optical pumping beam and lasers using same | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US7391794B2 | Injection seeding of frequency-converted Q-switched laser | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4027621A | Developing system for electrostatic reproduction machines | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US6614815B1 | Blue laser based on interactions in fiber | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| USD310369S | Front panel for a graphic equalizer or similar article | General | 7 | Expired |
| US6929449B2 | Diesel engine water pump with improved oil control | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US4301783A | Three wall forced air heating unit | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6918746B2 | Diesel engine water pump with thrust bearing preload | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US4285327A | Firebox refractory floor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.