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Paul Bennett — 26 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 22 patents #55 of 1,840Top 3%
UMUtility Trailer Manufacturing: 3 patents #4 of 16Top 25%
San Marino, CA: #14 of 232 inventorsTop 7%
California: #20,975 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Paul Bennett has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in April 2002. Paul Bennett ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Paul Bennett in San Marino, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6371261 Molybdenum alloy elevator safety brakes Mark S. Thompson, James T. Beals, Philip H. McCluskey, David Wayne Mckee, Michael C. Lang +3 more 2002-04-16 $51,066,000
5979615 Carbon--carbon composite elevator safety brakes Mark S. Thompson, James T. Beals, Philip H. McCluskey, David Wayne Mckee, Michael C. Lang +3 more 1999-11-09 $29,152,000
5964322 Elevator safety brake having a plasma sprayed friction coating Mark S. Thompson, Raymond A. Zatorski, James T. Beals, Philip H. McCluskey, David Wayne Mckee +3 more 1999-10-12 $36,205,000
5924524 Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle Frederick H. Barker, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1999-07-20 $49,081,000
5862886 Pretorque to unload elevator car/floor locks before retraction Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar +3 more 1999-01-26 $17,469,000
5861586 Horizontal and vertical passenger transport Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan +2 more 1999-01-19 $21,841,000
5829553 Fail-safe movement of elevator cabs between car frames and landings Samuel C. Wan, Bruce A. Powell, 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, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1998-10-20 $12,465,000
5819879 Safety brake Michael C. Lang, Dat Nguyen, Samuel C. Wan, Richard J. Ericson, Joseph A. L. LeDoux +6 more 1998-10-13 $7,198,000
5785153 Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building Bruce A. Powell, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, 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, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan, 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, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan +2 more 1998-06-30 $20,094,000
5758748 Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs Frederick H. Barker, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar, Bruce A. Powell +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, Bruce A. Powell +2 more 1998-05-19 $50,287,000
5749441 Extra deck elevator shuttle Joseph Bittar, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Samuel C. Wan, Bruce A. Powell, Frederick H. Barker +2 more 1998-05-12 $15,813,000
5700118 Wall and logistics track construction for a refrigerated vehicle John Adams, Arturo Gomez 1997-12-23
5695024 Car operated safety gate for horizontally transferrable elevator cab Samuel C. Wan, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Gilbert W. Wierschke, Anthony Cooney +2 more 1997-12-09 $10,348,000
5663539 Passenger transfer, double deck, multi-elevator shuttle system Bruce A. Powell, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan +2 more 1997-09-02 $86,542,000
5660249 Elevator cabs transferred horizontally between double deck elevators Bruce A. Powell, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Samuel C. Wan, Anthony Cooney +1 more 1997-08-26 $16,768,000
5655625 Emergency elevator cab commandeering shuttle Frederick H. Barker, LucyMary Salmon, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar +2 more 1997-08-12 $21,449,000
5651426 Synchronous elevator shuttle system Joseph Bittar, Anthony Cooney, Richard C. McCarthy, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell +2 more 1997-07-29 $12,363,000
5601156 Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab Richard C. McCarthy, Joseph Bittar, Frederick H. Barker, Bruce A. Powell, Samuel C. Wan +2 more 1997-02-11 $17,478,000
5255923 Board games 1993-10-26
5033586 Construction elevator assembly Douglas Richards, Robert C. Anderson 1991-07-23 $4,238,000
4595231 Cargo hauling road vehicle James M. Warwick, George J. Caird 1986-06-17