Inventor · Golden Valley, MN, US

Bruce F. Field

60Patents
23h-index
34Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 14, 1986 → Sep 26, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4996468A Automated guided vehicle Physics 201 Expired
US5081365A Electric hybrid vehicle and method of controlling it Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 139 Expired
US4846297A Automated guided vehicle Physics 134 Expired
US4790402A Automated guided vehicle Physics 119 Expired
US6735811B2 Cleaning liquid dispensing system for a hard floor surface cleaner Performing Operations; Transporting 104 Expired
US6705332B2 Hard floor surface cleaner utilizing an aerated cleaning liquid Performing Operations; Transporting 94 Expired
US4675935A Control and monitor for a floor maintenance device Human Necessities 91 Expired
US6671925B2 Chemical dispenser for a hard floor surface cleaner Human Necessities 86 Expired
US6585827B2 Apparatus and method of use for cleaning a hard floor surface utilizing an aerated cleaning liquid Performing Operations; Transporting 80 Expired
US7051399B2 Cleaner cartridge Performing Operations; Transporting 77 Expired
US7199711B2 Mobile floor cleaner data communication Human Necessities 65 Expired
US6044922A Electric hybrid vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US6117200A Electromagnetic filter cleaning system Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US8029739B2 Ultraviolet sanitation device Fixed Constructions 39 Active
US5020620A Offsetting the course of a laser guided vehicle Physics 37 Expired
US4757566A Control of torque in floor maintenance tools by drive motor load Fixed Constructions 37 Expired
US4679271A Automatic tool force compensator for a surface maintenance machine Fixed Constructions 34 Expired
US8025786B2 Method of generating sparged, electrochemically activated liquid Chemistry; Metallurgy 32 Active
US6668954B2 Electric hybrid vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6481516B1 Electric hybrid vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US4825500A Speed and steering control for a floor maintenance machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US7891046B2 Apparatus for generating sparged, electrochemically activated liquid Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Active
US6096383A Curing of floor coatings using long and short wave ultraviolet radiation Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US6662600B1 Foamed cleaning liquid dispensing system Textiles; Paper 23 Expired
US4766432A Telemetry system for floor maintenance machines Human Necessities 23 Expired

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