Inventor · Los Altos Hills, CA, US

David Bell

20Patents
11h-index
20Co-inventors
67Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 6, 2010 → Feb 15, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8752771B2 Thermostat battery recharging during HVAC function active and inactive states Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Active
US8511576B2 Power management in energy buffered building control unit Physics 79 Active
US8523083B2 Thermostat with self-configuring connections to facilitate do-it-yourself installation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Active
US8788103B2 Power management in energy buffered building control unit Physics 55 Active
US9268344B2 Installation of thermostat powered by rechargeable battery Physics 49 Active
US9116529B2 Thermostat with self-configuring connections to facilitate do-it-yourself installation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US8944338B2 Thermostat with self-configuring connections to facilitate do-it-yourself installation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Active
US8627127B2 Power-preserving communications architecture with long-polling persistent cloud channel for wireless network-connected thermostat Electricity 37 Active
US9605858B2 Thermostat circuitry for connection to HVAC systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US9448567B2 Power management in single circuit HVAC systems and in multiple circuit HVAC systems Physics 18 Active
US9046898B2 Power-preserving communications architecture with long-polling persistent cloud channel for wireless network-connected thermostat Electricity 13 Active
US10452083B2 Power management in single circuit HVAC systems and in multiple circuit HVAC systems Physics 8 Active
US9435559B2 Power management in energy buffered building control unit Physics 6 Active
USD632601S1 Freestanding child on board indicator General 5 Expired
US9851729B2 Power-preserving communications architecture with long-polling persistent cloud channel for wireless network-connected thermostat Electricity 3 Active
US9933794B2 Thermostat with self-configuring connections to facilitate do-it-yourself installation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10732651B2 Smart-home proxy devices with long-polling Electricity 1 Active
US10191727B2 Installation of thermostat powered by rechargeable battery Physics 1 Active
US10684633B2 Smart thermostat with active power stealing an processor isolation from switching elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9696734B2 Active power stealing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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