Thomas Kenny
44Patents
24h-index
47Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 27, 1997 → Jan 21, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6942018B2 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system | Electricity | 136 | Expired |
| US7104312B2 | Method and apparatus for achieving temperature uniformity and hot spot cooling in a heat producing device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 129 | Expired |
| US6606251B1 | Power conditioning module | Electricity | 118 | Expired |
| US7000684B2 | Method and apparatus for efficient vertical fluid delivery for cooling a heat producing device | Electricity | 114 | Expired |
| US6988534B2 | Method and apparatus for flexible fluid delivery for cooling desired hot spots in a heat producing device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 113 | Expired |
| US6986382B2 | Interwoven manifolds for pressure drop reduction in microchannel heat exchangers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 100 | Expired |
| US6737160B1 | Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 97 | Expired |
| US7334630B2 | Closed-loop microchannel cooling system | Electricity | 95 | Expired |
| US7011723B2 | Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 68 | Expired |
| US7061104B2 | Apparatus for conditioning power and managing thermal energy in an electronic device | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US7591302B1 | Pump and fan control concepts in a cooling system | Electricity | 57 | Expired |
| US7131486B2 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system | Electricity | 55 | Expired |
| US7017654B2 | Apparatus and method of forming channels in a heat-exchanging device | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US5856967A | Atomic force microscopy data storage system with tracking servo from lateral force-sensing cantilever | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 51 | Expired |
| US7229685B2 | Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Expired |
| US6959608B2 | Ultra-miniature pressure sensors and probes | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US6389899B1 | In-plane micromachined accelerometer and bridge circuit having same | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US6678168B2 | System including power conditioning modules | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US5959200A | Micromachined cantilever structure providing for independent multidimensional force sensing using high aspect ratio beams | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6991024B2 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US7185697B2 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US8464781B2 | Cooling systems incorporating heat exchangers and thermoelectric layers | Electricity | 32 | Active |
| US7021369B2 | Hermetic closed loop fluid system | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US7086839B2 | Micro-fabricated electrokinetic pump with on-frit electrode | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US7824098B2 | Composite mechanical transducers and approaches therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.