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Bruce A. Powell — 39 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 35 patents #24 of 1,840Top 2%
TCThyssen Elevator Capital: 2 patents #7 of 26Top 30%
TEThyssenkrupp Elevator: 1 patents #65 of 136Top 50%
TCThyssenkrupp Elevator Capital: 1 patents #8 of 17Top 50%
Canton, CT: #3 of 118 inventorsTop 3%
Connecticut: #746 of 34,797 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #81,245 of 4,157,543Top 2%
39 Patents All Time
Bruce A. Powell has been granted 39 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in May 2014. Bruce A. Powell ranks #81,245 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Bruce A. Powell in Canton, CT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 1998.peak 91992: 1 patents19921994: 1 patents1995: 4 patents19951996: 3 patents1997: 8 patents19971998: 9 patents1999: 7 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012010: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8733507 Multicar zoned elevator system Rory Smith, Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Gerhard Thumm 2014-05-27
8397873 Zoned elevator system Rory Smith, Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Gerhard Thumm 2013-03-19
8100230 Elevator system with virtual landing Rory Smith, Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Gerhard Thumm 2012-01-24
7841450 Twin elevator systems Rory Smith, Randolph W. Huff, Richard D. Peters, Gerhard Thumm 2010-11-30
6173816 Hallway-entered destination information in elevator dispatching Frederick H. Barker, Paul A. Simcik 2001-01-16 $66,394,000
6152265 Accommodating visually handicapped in elevator up-peak channeling Joseph Bittar, Joseph Bledsoe, Steven M. Skolnick, Michael Hayes Wilson 2000-11-28 $173,508,000
5969304 Elevator system having high rise elevator without express zone Frederick H. Barker, Joseph Bittar 1999-10-19 $46,874,000
5936212 Adjustment of elevator response time for horizon effect, including the use of a simple neural network Bradley L. Whitehall 1999-08-10 $73,127,000
5924524 Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle Frederick H. Barker, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy +2 more 1999-07-20 $49,081,000
5923004 Method for continuous learning by a neural network used in an elevator dispatching system Bradley L. Whitehall, Theresa M. Christy 1999-07-13 $26,672,000
5862886 Pretorque to unload elevator car/floor locks before retraction Paul Bennett, Samuel C. Wan, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar +3 more 1999-01-26 $17,469,000
5861587 Method for operating a double deck elevator car Joseph Walker 1999-01-19 $21,841,000
5861586 Horizontal and vertical passenger transport Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +2 more 1999-01-19 $21,841,000
5844179 Method of operation for double-deck elevator system Joseph Walker 1998-12-01 $19,024,000
5829553 Fail-safe movement of elevator cabs between car frames and landings Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1998-11-03 $22,084,000
5823299 Shuttle elevators feeding local elevators Gilbert W. Wierschke, Frederick H. Barker, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy +2 more 1998-10-20 $12,465,000
5785153 Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney +2 more 1998-07-28 $9,410,000
5771995 Locking elevator car frame to building during loading/unloading horizontally moveable cab Anthony Cooney, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett, Richard C. McCarthy +1 more 1998-06-30 $20,094,000
5773772 Transferring elevator cabs between non-contiguous hoistways Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Paul Bennett +2 more 1998-06-30 $20,094,000
5758748 Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs Frederick H. Barker, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1998-06-02 $14,106,000
5752585 Elevator shuttle with auxiliary elevators at terminals Joseph Bittar, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan +2 more 1998-05-19 $50,287,000
5749441 Extra deck elevator shuttle Joseph Bittar, Paul Bennett, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Samuel C. Wan, Frederick H. Barker +2 more 1998-05-12 $15,813,000
5695024 Car operated safety gate for horizontally transferrable elevator cab Samuel C. Wan, Frederick H. Barker, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Paul Bennett, Anthony Cooney +2 more 1997-12-09 $10,348,000
5672853 Elevator control neural network Bradley L. Whitehall, David J. Sirag, Jr. 1997-09-30 $16,279,000
5668356 Elevator dispatching employing hall call assignments based on fuzzy response time logic Jannah A. Stanley, David J. Sirag, Jr. 1997-09-16 $18,140,000