Inventor · Vergennes, VT, US

Eric Robert Bechhoefer

37Patents
11h-index
10Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 20, 2001 → Sep 27, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6651012B1 Method and apparatus for trending and predicting the health of a component Physics 71 Expired
US7136794B1 Method and apparatus for estimating values for condition indicators Physics 43 Expired
US8082115B2 Data acquisition system for condition-based maintenance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US8131420B2 Vehicle health and usage monitoring system and method Physics 31 Active
US7120563B2 Wire fault detection Physics 30 Expired
US7684936B2 Method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a future time of a component Physics 24 Active
US6728658B1 Method and apparatus for determining the health of a component using condition indicators Physics 23 Expired
US6847917B2 Method and apparatus for selecting condition indicators in determining the health of a component Physics 21 Expired
US7139668B2 Wire event detection Physics 20 Expired
US8442778B2 Data acquisition system for condition-based maintenance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6711523B2 Method and apparatus for determining a condition indicator for use in evaluating the health of a component Physics 13 Expired
US9897516B2 Data acquisition system for condition-based maintenance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7512503B2 Wire fault detection Physics 10 Expired
US6574572B2 Reducing vibration using QR decomposition and constrained optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6950763B1 Optimal shaft balance using integer programming to handle discrete adjustment Physics 10 Expired
US6754569B2 Method and apparatus for normalizing condition indicators Physics 9 Expired
US7512463B1 Reducing vibration using QR decomposition and unconstrained optimization for a multi-rotor aircraft Physics 7 Expired
US6567757B2 Reducing vibration using QR decomposition and unconstrained optimization Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US8380447B2 Quantification of condition indicators in the presence of synchronous noise Physics 6 Active
US7272513B2 Optimal shaft balance using integer programing to handle discrete adjustment Physics 5 Expired
US8639458B2 Techniques for use with rotor track and balance to reduce vibration Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Active
US10768072B2 Data acquisition system for condition-based maintenance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8402844B2 Roving wireless sensor and method for use in a vehicle health and usage monitoring system Electricity 4 Active
US11138816B1 Embedded determination of remaining useful life of a component Physics 3 Active
US8355879B2 Trending of vibration data taking into account torque effect Physics 2 Active

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