Inventor · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US

William B. King

18Patents
11h-index
19Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 1976 → May 25, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5764414A Biocular display system using binary optics Physics 98 Expired
US6693749B2 Low-observability, wide-field-of-view, situation awareness viewing device Physics 55 Expired
US7626152B2 Beam director and control system for a high energy laser within a conformal window Physics 45 Active
US6462882B2 Light-weight head-mounted display Physics 27 Expired
US8635938B2 Retractable rotary turret Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Active
US4213636A Safety barrier for a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US6563638B2 Wide-angle collimating optical device Physics 22 Expired
US8731013B2 Linear adaptive optics system in low power beam path and method Electricity 17 Active
US8362410B2 Source-independent beam director and control system for a high-energy electromagnetic radiation source Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Active
US5375659A Sonde supported operating system for control of formation production fluid flow Fixed Constructions 14 Expired
US8654314B2 Rapidly deployable high power laser beam delivery system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Active
US4025783A Gregorian all-reflective optical system Electricity 11 Expired
US5626639A Abrasive articles and method of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US8748857B2 System for automatic alignment, stabilization, and focus for an off-axis telescope using biased angle sensors Physics 8 Active
US4852401A Well fluid flow velocity measuring apparatus including a spinner cartridge assembly Physics 6 Expired
US8792163B2 Low order adaptive optics by translating secondary mirror of off-aperture telescope Physics 5 Active
US8143549B2 Apparatus for butt-welding tube joints Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US6563654B2 External pupil lens system Physics 1 Expired

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