Inventor · Erie, PA, US

Glenn Robert Shaffer

53Patents
13h-index
106Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 15, 2003 → Aug 18, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.