Glenn Robert Shaffer
53Patents
13h-index
106Co-inventors
83Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 15, 2003 → Aug 18, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7618011B2 | Consist manager for managing two or more locomotives of a consist | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 70 | Active |
| US7302895B2 | Configurable locomotive | Performing Operations; Transporting | 54 | Expired |
| US7965312B2 | Locomotive wireless video recorder and recording system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 40 | Active |
| US8924049B2 | System and method for controlling movement of vehicles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 38 | Active |
| US7500436B2 | System and method for managing emissions from mobile vehicles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Active |
| US7522990B2 | System and method for improved train handling and fuel consumption | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Active |
| US9950722B2 | System and method for vehicle control | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Active |
| US8112191B2 | System and method for monitoring the effectiveness of a brake function in a powered system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US9545854B2 | System and method for controlling and powering a vehicle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Active |
| US9233696B2 | Trip optimizer method, system and computer software code for operating a railroad train to minimize wheel and track wear | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Active |
| US8645047B2 | System and method for optimizing vehicle performance in presence of changing optimization parameters | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Active |
| US8676410B2 | System and method for pacing a plurality of powered systems traveling along a route | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Active |
| US8768543B2 | Method, system and computer software code for trip optimization with train/track database augmentation | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Active |
| US8630757B2 | System and method for optimizing parameters of multiple rail vehicles operating over multiple intersecting railroad networks | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Active |
| US7590485B2 | System and method for improved train handling and fuel consumption | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US9873442B2 | Aerial camera system and method for identifying route-related hazards | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US9919723B2 | Aerial camera system and method for determining size parameters of vehicle systems | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Active |
| US8538611B2 | Multi-level railway operations optimization system and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US8473127B2 | System, method and computer software code for optimizing train operations considering rail car parameters | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Active |
| US10569792B2 | Vehicle control system and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Active |
| US9733625B2 | Trip optimization system and method for a train | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US9266542B2 | System and method for optimized fuel efficiency and emission output of a diesel powered system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US11208129B2 | Vehicle control system and method | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US9162690B2 | System and method for controlling movement of vehicles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Active |
| US8401720B2 | System, method, and computer software code for detecting a physical defect along a mission route | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.