Inventor · Friendswood, TX, US

William Thornton

19Patents
10h-index
9Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 1980 → Sep 10, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5242339A Apparatus and method for measuring subject work rate on an exercise device Human Necessities 247 Expired
US5125412A Musculoskeletal activity monitor Human Necessities 169 Expired
US4375674A Kinesimetric method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 167 Expired
US5263491A Ambulatory metabolic monitor Human Necessities 130 Expired
US4830021A Monitoring system for locomotor activity Human Necessities 117 Expired
US5036856A Cardiovascular monitoring system Human Necessities 65 Expired
US4421109A Method and apparatus for simulating gravitational forces on a living organism Human Necessities 46 Expired
US4993421A Cardiac monitoring system Human Necessities 23 Expired
US5080105A Cardiovascular monitoring system Human Necessities 22 Expired
US7510398B1 Apparatus for simulating a pulse and heart beat and methods for using same to train medical professionals Physics 17 Expired
US5005457A Method and apparatus for waste collection and storage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4870709A Apparatus for waste collection and storage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US4345247A Display system for steady state waves Physics 5 Expired
US10375862B2 Data centre cooling system Electricity 2 Active
US4942632A Method for waste collection and storage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US11419245B2 Data centre Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US10772240B2 Data centre cooling system Electricity 0 Active
US11497133B2 Method of making a data centre Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11369035B2 Data centre Fixed Constructions 0 Active

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