Inventor · Painesville, OH, US

Edward Hillen

30Patents
14h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 25, 2001 → Mar 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6624388B1 System and method providing distributed welding architecture Electricity 345 Expired
US6552303B1 System for enabling arc welders Performing Operations; Transporting 143 Expired
US7375304B2 System and method providing automated welding notification Electricity 133 Active
US7643890B1 Remote management of portable construction devices Performing Operations; Transporting 133 Active
US6795778B2 System and method for facilitating welding system diagnostics Physics 124 Expired
US6710299B2 System for enabling arc welders Performing Operations; Transporting 114 Expired
US6858817B2 System for enabling arc welders Performing Operations; Transporting 107 Expired
US7363137B2 Construction equipment discovery on a network Physics 105 Expired
US6940039B2 Quality control module for tandem arc welding Performing Operations; Transporting 99 Expired
US6697701B2 Welding system and methodology providing multiplexed cell control interface Physics 94 Expired
US7687741B2 Triggering events in a welder with a real-time clock Performing Operations; Transporting 89 Active
US6920371B2 Welding system and methodology providing multiplexed cell control interface Physics 88 Expired
US7853435B2 System and method for facilitating welding system diagnostics Physics 14 Expired
US7772524B2 Integrating sensors over a digital link Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US9821400B2 Manual welding apparatus having an automatic wire retract method Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Active
US9498839B2 Welding apparatus with automated welding wire retraction Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US9446471B2 Systems and methods for communicating with welding equipment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US10562124B2 Welding apparatus with automated welding retraction Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8952291B2 System and method for controlling a hybrid welding process Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US9687930B2 Systems and methods for networking, configuration, calibration and identification of welding equipment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8642923B2 Weld data acquisition Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US10897693B2 Systems and methods for networking, configuration, calibration and identification of welding equipment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11969834B2 Real time resistance monitoring of an arc welding circuit Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US9266194B2 System and method for controlling a hybrid welding process Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US11931832B2 Welding system with wire electrode contact detection Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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