Inventor · East Peoria, IL, US

Daniel C. Wood

20Patents
12h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 19, 1989 → Nov 13, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6204772A Method and apparatus for monitoring the position of a machine Performing Operations; Transporting 113 Expired
US8463946B2 Method for automatic radio operational mode selection Physics 70 Active
US7532640B2 Systems and methods for performing protocol conversions in a machine Electricity 50 Expired
US7113839B2 System for providing indexed machine utilization metrics Physics 34 Expired
US7330117B2 Systems and methods for radio frequency trigger Physics 27 Expired
US7983820B2 Systems and methods for providing proxy control functions in a work machine Electricity 26 Active
US7676804B2 Systems and method for remotely modifying software on a work machine Physics 25 Active
US6374169B1 Apparatus and method for conserving power on an earth moving machine having a mobile communicator Physics 21 Expired
US7398137B2 System and method for remotely controlling machine operations using mapping information Physics 20 Expired
US7516244B2 Systems and methods for providing server operations in a work machine Electricity 16 Expired
US5109162A Reverse polarity flyback switch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4928642A Automatic starting fluid injection apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6654673B2 System and method for remotely monitoring the condition of machine Physics 11 Expired
US7278567B2 Systems and methods for self-service dispatch Physics 11 Expired
US5305657A Method and apparatus for controlling manual downshifting in an automatic transmission Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7693633B2 Machine operational data collection and reporting system Physics 6 Active
US6522251B1 Method and apparatus for securing an earth moving machine Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US7506097B2 Method and apparatus for installing data in a memory on a work machine Physics 2 Expired
US8004982B2 Method and system for choosing communication services Electricity 0 Active
US10746697B2 Position-based sampling for eddy current inspection of steam generator tubes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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