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Robert Bell — 23 Patents

Ford: 6 patents #2,924 of 17,473Top 20%
MEMedrad: 5 patents #49 of 240Top 25%
MSMetric Systems: 3 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
BLBritax Excelsior Limited: 1 patents #11 of 24Top 50%
Guelph, CA: #16 of 736 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Robert Bell has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in August 2023. Robert Bell ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Robert Bell in Guelph, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2004.peak 31986: 1 patents19861995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2004: 3 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 3 patents20062008: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 3 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11721108 System and method for training trailer detection systems Mohamed El-sawah, Scott Howard Gaboury 2023-08-08 $13,550,000
11427280 System and braking kit for enabling a vehicle trailer and a tow bar to be interconnected in either a braking or a non-braking configuration — 2022-08-30
11180148 Detection and response to confined trailer in system-assisted hitch operation Luke Niewiadomski, Roger Arnold Trombley, Douglas Rogan, Nikhil Nagraj Rao 2021-11-23 $29,431,000
10814912 Trailer backup assist system having advanced user mode with selectable hitch angle limits Jeffrey Cotter, Erick Michael Lavoie, Tyler Daavettila, Donald Jacob Mattern 2020-10-27 $4,497,000
10800454 Trailer backup assist input with gesture interface for multiple control modes Erick Michael Lavoie, Donald Jacob Mattern 2020-10-13 $3,908,000
10635933 Vision-based methods and systems for determining trailer presence Brian Grewe 2020-04-28 $2,369,000
10384607 Trailer backup assist system with hitch angle offset estimation Erick Michael Lavoie, Donald Jacob Mattern, Joseph M. Raad, Tyler Daavettila 2019-08-20
9428239 Bicycle convertible to a stroller Kaleb Michener 2016-08-30
9067633 Bicycle convertible to a stroller — 2015-06-30
7445222 Multi-purpose tow bar for a trailer — 2008-11-04
7141980 Apparatuses for enabling operation of adjacent coil loops with a magnetic resonance system Kenneth W. Belt, Michael Reichel, J. Michael Watral, Stanley R. Lewandowski, Bradley Adams +1 more 2006-11-28
7089014 Wireless communication system control apparatus and method William M. Brown 2006-08-08
7013345 Method and apparatus for wireless networking William M. Brown 2006-03-14
6952563 Method and apparatus for adaptively setting frequency channels in a multi-point wireless networking system William M. Brown 2005-10-04
6737866 Method of imaging a vasculature of a patient Kenneth W. Belt, Michael Reichel, J. Michael Watral, Stanley R. Lewandowski, Bradley Adams +1 more 2004-05-18
6714012 Apparatus and method for positioning a patient to obtain images of the vasculature Kenneth W. Belt, Michael Reichel, J. Michael Watral, Stanley R. Lewandowski, Bradley Adams +1 more 2004-03-30
6677755 Circuit for selectively enabling and disabling coils of a multi-coil array Kenneth W. Belt, Michael Reichel, J. Michael Watral, Stanley R. Lewandowski, Bradley Adams +1 more 2004-01-13
6323648 Peripheral vascular array Kenneth W. Belt, Michael Reichel, J. Michael Watral, Stanley R. Lewandowski, Bradley Adams +1 more 2001-11-27
6135553 Child safety seat David Lovie 2000-10-24
5921571 Folding frame for a vehicle or trailer — 1999-07-13
D376773 Bicycle trailer — 1996-12-24
5454577 Bicycle trailer — 1995-10-03
4615562 Reversible child restraint for automobiles Stefan Westius, Bjorn-Ake Skold 1986-10-07

Frequent Collaborators

Kenneth W. Belt5 shared
Lisa Augustine5 shared
J. Michael Watral5 shared
Bradley Adams5 shared
Stanley R. Lewandowski5 shared
Michael Reichel5 shared

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