Inventor · Ann Arbor, MI, US

Victor Rigotti

16Patents
15h-index
6Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 8, 1985 → Mar 26, 1990

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4751961A Electronic programmable thermostat Physics 231 Expired
US4606401A Programmable thermostat Physics 168 Expired
US4837731A System for time programming of states by communicating time data via a continuously rotatable potentiometer Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 154 Expired
US4669654A Electronic programmable thermostat Physics 88 Expired
US4741476A Digital electronic thermostat with correction for triac self heating Physics 78 Expired
US4916912A Heat pump with adaptive frost determination function Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 78 Expired
US4910966A Heat pump with single exterior temperature sensor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 71 Expired
US4730941A Temperature range display device for electronic thermostat Physics 45 Expired
US4841458A Analog to digital conversion by measuring the ratio of RC time constants Physics 34 Expired
US4951473A Heat pump defrosting operation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 33 Expired
US4864513A Potentiometer setting detection by measuring the ratio of RC time constants Physics 24 Expired
US4829457A Overload protection circuit for solid state switch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US4695942A Manual switch for altering a parameter in opposite directions based on length of time of switch actuation Physics 19 Expired
US4974418A Heat pump defrosting operation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Expired
US4974417A Heat pump defrosting operation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US4829458A External constant specification in a digital electronic system Physics 12 Expired

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