Bruce A. Powell
40Patents
12h-index
28Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: May 5, 1975 → Mar 12, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5672853A | Elevator control neural network | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US7841450B2 | Twin elevator systems | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Active |
| US5861587A | Method for operating a double deck elevator car | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US5490580A | Automated selection of a load weight bypass threshold for an elevator system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US5146053A | Elevator dispatching based on remaining response time | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US5651426A | Synchronous elevator shuttle system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US5758748A | Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US5924524A | Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US5601156A | Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Expired |
| US5338904A | Early car announcement | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US5861586A | Horizontal and vertical passenger transport | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US5773772A | Transferring elevator cabs between non-contiguous hoistways | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US5785153A | Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US5752585A | Elevator shuttle with auxiliary elevators at terminals | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US5660249A | Elevator cabs transferred horizontally between double deck elevators | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US5823299A | Shuttle elevators feeding local elevators | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US5427206A | Assigning a hall call to an elevator car based on remaining response time of other registered calls | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US6152265A | Accommodating visually handicapped in elevator up-peak channeling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US5844179A | Method of operation for double-deck elevator system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US5771995A | Locking elevator car frame to building during loading/unloading horizontally moveable cab | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US5969304A | Elevator system having high rise elevator without express zone | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US5923004A | Method for continuous learning by a neural network used in an elevator dispatching system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US5563386A | Elevator dispatching employing reevaluation of hall call assignments, including fuzzy response time logic | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US8733507B2 | Multicar zoned elevator system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US8100230B2 | Elevator system with virtual landing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.