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David E. Welsh — 23 Patents

ITItt: 12 patents #16 of 721Top 3%
CNCalient Networks: 7 patents #5 of 48Top 15%
DLDana Limited: 2 patents #266 of 1,099Top 25%
CTCalient Technologies: 1 patents #12 of 24Top 50%
IEItt Manufacturing Enterprises: 1 patents #577 of 1,404Top 45%
Tustin, CA: #62 of 1,327 inventorsTop 5%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
David E. Welsh has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Itt. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in January 2014. David E. Welsh ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list David E. Welsh in Tustin, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8639069 Wavelength dependent optical switch Roger Helkey, John E. Bowers, Xuezhe Zheng, Robert Anderson, Olivier Jerphagnon 2014-01-28
6950215 Method and apparatus for monitoring optical switches Walt Joseph Fant, Roger Helkey, Tony Walter, Peter Hunt 2005-09-27
6819824 Optical switch package James R. Sechrist, John E. Bowers, Adrian John Keating, Xuezhe Zheng, David Henry Kinghorn +3 more 2004-11-16
6819815 Method and apparatus for indirect adjustment of optical switch reflectors Charles M. Corbalis, John E. Bowers, Shifu Yuan, Roger Helkey 2004-11-16
6792177 Optical switch with internal monitoring Roger Helkey, Adrian John Keating, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Walter Fant 2004-09-14
6681473 Method and apparatus for hermetically sealing fiber array blocks Bin Liu, R. Kehl Sink, Yuanjian Xu 2004-01-27
6668108 Optical cross-connect switch with integrated optical signal tap Roger Helkey, John E. Bowers, Tony Walter, Kevin S. Yamada 2003-12-23
6643425 Optical switch having switch mirror arrays controlled by scanning beams John E. Bowers, Chandrasekhar Pusarla, Kevin White, Dan Blumenthal, Roger Helkey +1 more 2003-11-04
6032551 Balance weight and method of securing same to a rotatable tubular body Oliver Lee Sims 2000-03-07 $17,212,000
5898807 Optic fiber connector 1999-04-27 $5,874,000
5778737 Balance weight and method of securing same to a rotatable tubular body Oliver Lee Sims 1998-07-14 $33,826,000
5411418 Repairable solderless connector arrangement Peter Joseph Hyzin 1995-05-02 $17,409,000
5373573 High density fiber optic connector 1994-12-13 $21,591,000
5181863 EMI shielding backshell system 1993-01-26 $7,329,000
5090911 Modular connector system 1992-02-25 $8,762,000
5088942 Closed entry socket contact assembly David Rofer 1992-02-18 $30,873,000
5066250 Polarizing key permitting connector displacement 1991-11-19 $6,285,000
5046964 Hybrid connector Piyapote Pisalyaput, William C. Gore 1991-09-10 $26,754,000
5015192 Contact retention and sealing system Albert H. Wilson 1991-05-14 $30,510,000
4941847 Electrical connector contact retention system 1990-07-17 $12,555,000
4935847 Circuit system with jackscrew installation device 1990-06-19 $8,849,000
4812137 Connector with EMI/RFI grounding spring Albert H. Wilson 1989-03-14 $11,854,000
4808118 Retention and ground plane connector clip Albert H. Wilson 1989-02-28 $3,831,000