Inventor · Livonia, MI, US

Christopher W. Bell

33Patents
5h-index
35Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 11, 2008 → May 27, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9649948B2 Self-locating multi-coil system for wireless vehicle charging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US9969276B2 Plug-in vehicle with secondary DC-DC converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US9925883B2 Automatic self-locating transmit coil for wireless vehicle charging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9428070B2 Hands free vehicle charging system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US10938211B2 Integrated vehicle-to-home energy management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US10099566B2 Hands free vehicle charging system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9931954B2 Vertical wireless power transfer system for charging electric vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10538165B2 Parameter estimation of loosely coupled transformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10286800B2 Control pilot latch-out mechanism to reduce off-board energy consumption Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9463706B2 Infrared triangulation method for locating vehicles for hands-free electric vehicle charging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9908423B2 Vehicle charging system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10046661B2 Detection of on-board charger connection to electric vehicle supply equipment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10227067B2 HEV battery management for generating off-board power Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10112495B2 Vehicle wireless charging system including an inverter to control a voltage input to a vehicle power converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10040358B2 Wireless power transfer for vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10272790B2 Vehicle charging system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10132876B2 Tester for wireless electrified vehicle charger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10486549B2 Parking assist overlay Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7595720B2 Active wheel speed sensor tester Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US11485242B2 Vehicle charging system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11458849B2 Charging input selector systems for electrified vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10518806B1 Ultrasonic locating Physics 0 Active
US10761183B2 Ultrasonic signal triangulation Physics 0 Active
US10391938B2 Imaging system for locating a moving object in relation to another object Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11007889B2 Automatic, hands-free conductive charging system for electric vehicle applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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