Inventor · Shoreline, WA, US

Karl Edward Nelson

24Patents
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20Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 20, 2002 → Jul 19, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9221506B1 Location tracking and motion control of automated marking device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 111 Active
US8738226B2 Holonomic motion vehicle for travel on non-level surfaces Physics 35 Active
US8713998B2 Autonomous non-destructive evaluation system for aircraft structures Physics 20 Active
US9302787B2 Vacuum adhering apparatus for automated maintenance of airfoil-shaped bodies Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Active
US9410659B2 Automated mobile boom system for crawling robots Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8874371B2 Beam directed motion control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US9043146B2 Systems and methods for tracking location of movable target object Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9533724B2 Electro-permanent magnetic attachment of a vehicle to an object Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8807257B1 Method for forming a vacuum adhesion Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Active
US9414026B2 System and method for automated crack inspection and repair Physics 8 Active
US9197810B2 Systems and methods for tracking location of movable target object Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8986479B2 Systems and methods for on-aircraft composite repair using double vacuum debulking Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US9470658B2 Self-contained holonomic tracking method and apparatus for non-destructive inspection Physics 8 Active
US10347109B2 Automated human personnel fall arresting system and method Human Necessities 7 Active
US7730784B2 Ultrasonic method to verify the interference fit of fasteners Physics 5 Active
US9234904B2 Autonomous non-destructive evaluation system for aircraft structures Physics 3 Active
US8973441B1 Ultrasonic method to verify the interference fit of fasteners Physics 3 Active
US7172223B2 Magnetically reactive pivot latch system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US10336019B2 Systems and methods for on-aircraft composite repair using double vacuum debulking Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US11053925B2 Cable-suspended non-destructive inspection units for rapid large-area scanning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8578778B2 Ultrasonic method to verify the interference fit of fasteners Physics 0 Active
US9195235B2 Beam directed motion control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9464754B1 Automated mobile boom system for crawling robots Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9067628B2 Apparatus for forming a vacuum adhesion Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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