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BRITISH THOMSON HOUSTON CO LTD

Overview
  • Total Patents
    15,232
About

BRITISH THOMSON HOUSTON CO LTD has a total of 15,232 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1896. It filed its patents most often in United Kingdom, France and Germany. Its main competitors in its focus markets electrical machinery and energy and machine tools are WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC INT CO, AEG and THOMSON HOUSTON COMP FRANCAISE.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing BRITISH THOMSON HOUSTON CO LTDs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United Kingdom 14,488
#2 France 224
#3 Germany 140
#4 Canada 131
#5 United States 129
#6 Switzerland 77
#7 Spain 17
#8 Belgium 9
#9 Ireland 9
#10 Denmark 7
#11 Austria 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BRITISH THOMSON HOUSTON CO LTDs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Scott William Joseph 36
#2 Rawson Harold 31
#3 Choudhury Shafi-Uddin Ahmed 26
#4 Melville William Simm 25
#5 Beeson Eric John George 21
#6 Stokes John Arthur 21
#7 Clarke Maurice George 21
#8 Wells Robert Stirling 20
#9 Blake Leslie Reginald 20
#10 Griffiths Leonard 19

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
DE1104883B Ceramic-to-metal connection
US2965788A Electric discharge devices
US2978604A Electric arc discharge devices
US3027449A Surface heating of metals
US3002083A Heat treatment of metals in an electrolytic bath
ES252405A1 An electrical control device (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
US3033347A Electric control of conveyor plants
DE1121190B Magnetic switch with a stationary armature and a permanent magnet rotor
DE1078020B Safety device to indicate the approach of two bodies that can be moved relative to one another
US3002104A Position sensing devices
US3025443A Dynamo-electric machines
DE1128039B Circuit arrangement for lighting up discharge lamps operated with alternating current
US2981687A Production of mono-crystal semiconductor bodies
US3032696A Driving equipment including electric motors
US2929959A Magnetrons
DE1093011B Protective transport cover for a high pressure discharge lamp to protect against lamp explosions
DE1096498B Circuit arrangement for lighting high pressure discharge lamps
US2966434A Semi-conductor devices
US3041503A Electrical connections to igniters or electrical supply units
GB857835A Improvements in zirconium alloys