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William Thornton
Also filed as: THORNTON JR WILLIAM E · THORNTON WILLIAM · THORNTON WILLIAM E
19 granted patents·1 pending application·1,422 citations·filing 1980–2022
96Inventor score
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20 records- 0198US5242339AApparatus and method for measuring subject work rate on an exercise deviceNASA·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 7, 1993·282 cites·11 claims
- 0289US4375674AKinesimetric method and apparatusNASA·Filed 1980·Granted Mar 1, 1983·249 cites·27 claims
- 0387US7510398B1Apparatus for simulating a pulse and heart beat and methods for using same to train medical professionalsUNIV TEXAS·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 31, 2009·40 cites·11 claims
- 0483US4421109AMethod and apparatus for simulating gravitational forces on a living organismNASA·Filed 1982·Granted Dec 20, 1983·66 cites·17 claims
- 0580US4830021AMonitoring system for locomotor activityTHORNTON WILLIAM E·Filed 1988·Granted May 16, 1989·162 cites·13 claims
- 0678US5125412AMusculoskeletal activity monitorTHORNTON WILLIAM E·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 30, 1992·234 cites·11 claims
- 0776US10375862B2Data centre cooling systemBRIPCO BVBA·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 6, 2019·3 cites·25 claims
- 0874US5263491AAmbulatory metabolic monitorTHORNTON WILLIAM·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 23, 1993·213 cites·12 claims
- 0968US11497133B2Method of making a data centreBRIPCO BVBA·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 8, 2022·1 cites·25 claims
- 1067US10772240B2Data centre cooling systemBRIPCO BVBA·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 8, 2020·1 cites·21 claims
- 1160US4993421ACardiac monitoring systemTHORNTON WILLIAM E·Filed 1990·Granted Feb 19, 1991·39 cites·5 claims
- 1256US11369035B2Data centreBRIPCO UK LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 21, 2022·1 cites·21 claims
- 1356US5036856ACardiovascular monitoring systemTHORNTON WILLIAM E·Filed 1990·Granted Aug 6, 1991·72 cites·11 claims
- 1444US2023105523A1Data centre and method of making the sameBRIPCO BVBA·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 1539US5080105ACardiovascular monitoring systemTHORNTON WILLIAM E·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 14, 1992·26 cites·17 claims
- 1637US5005457AMethod and apparatus for waste collection and storageNASA·Filed 1989·Granted Apr 9, 1991·14 cites·4 claims
- 1737US4870709AApparatus for waste collection and storageNASA·Filed 1987·Granted Oct 3, 1989·9 cites·19 claims
- 1836US11419245B2Data centreBRIPCO UK LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 16, 2022·0 cites·27 claims
- 1936US4345247ADisplay system for steady state wavesTHORNTON WILLIAM E·Filed 1980·Granted Aug 17, 1982·7 cites·9 claims
- 2027US4942632AMethod for waste collection and storageNASA·Filed 1989·Granted Jul 24, 1990·3 cites·8 claims
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