Inventor · Fox River Grove, IL, US

Thomas J. Walczak

47Patents
22h-index
59Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 17, 1984 → May 21, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6009336A Hand-held radiotelephone having a detachable display Electricity 463 Expired
US4523155A Temperature compensated automatic output control circuitry for RF signal power amplifiers with wide dynamic range Electricity 141 Expired
US5612231A Method of fabricating an electro-optic integrated circuit having light emitting diodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Expired
US6334063A Electronic device with auto-positioning virtual image display and associated method Electricity 76 Expired
US5193223A Power control circuitry for a TDMA radio frequency transmitter Electricity 73 Expired
US5818348A Method and radio frequency identification system for a novel protocol for reliable communication Physics 71 Expired
US5036532A Portable telephone with power source/mode change during calls Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US6115620A Mode-switchable portable communication device and method therefor Electricity 56 Expired
US6758303B2 Electronic device having a multi-mode acoustic system and method for radiating sound waves Electricity 51 Expired
US5187809A Dual mode automatic gain control Electricity 50 Expired
US6118567A Efficient encoding and detection method and device for binary intensity modulated optical data signals Electricity 44 Expired
US5020076A Hybrid modulation apparatus Electricity 41 Expired
US6406342B1 Control handle for a marine tiller Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 38 Expired
US5777856A Integrated shielding and mechanical support Electricity 35 Expired
US5163159A Dual mode automatic frequency control Electricity 32 Expired
US7267592B1 Latching system for an outboard motor cowl Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Active
US6289853A Water injection system for an internal combustion engine of a marine propulsion system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5157693A Digital modulation circuit Electricity 28 Expired
US6669517B1 Multiple part cowl structure for an outboard motor Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US6663450B1 Integral cowl latching mechanism for an outboard motor Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US4972432A Multiplexed synchronous/asynchronous data bus Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US6682379B1 Cowl latching system which simplifies the cowl removing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5907418A Apparatus for infrared channel and method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5621763A Apparatus and method for generating a transition between the on and off states of a radio frequency transmitter Electricity 19 Expired
US6991500B1 Cowl latching mechanism for an outboard motor Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired

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