Inventor

Bruce A. Powell

Inventor

Canton, CT, US

Overview

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Patents

1977–2014

Patent span

Performing operations

Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 40 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

B66Bprimary

B66BElevators70%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests18%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications9%

B61BRailway systems4%

PatentTitleYear

8,733,507'Multicar zoned elevator system'2014 8,397,873'Zoned elevator system'2013 8,100,230'Elevator system with virtual landing'2012 7,841,450'Twin elevator systems'2010 6,173,816'Hallway-entered destination information in elevator dispatching'2001 6,152,265'Accommodating visually handicapped in elevator up-peak channeling'2000 5,969,304'Elevator system having high rise elevator without express zone'1999 5,936,212'Adjustment of elevator response time for horizon effect, including the use of a simple neural network'1999 5,924,524'Integrated, multi-level elevator shuttle'1999 5,923,004'Method for continuous learning by a neural network used in an elevator dispatching system'1999 5,862,886'Pretorque to unload elevator car/floor locks before retraction'1999 5,861,586'Horizontal and vertical passenger transport'1999 5,861,587'Method for operating a double deck elevator car'1999 5,844,179'Method of operation for double-deck elevator system'1998 5,829,553'Fail-safe movement of elevator cabs between car frames and landings'1998 5,823,299'Shuttle elevators feeding local elevators'1998 5,785,153'Synchronizing elevator arrival at a level of a building'1998 5,773,772'Transferring elevator cabs between non-contiguous hoistways'1998 5,771,995'Locking elevator car frame to building during loading/unloading horizontally moveable cab'1998 5,758,748'Synchronized off-shaft loading of elevator cabs'1998 5,752,585'Elevator shuttle with auxiliary elevators at terminals'1998 5,749,441'Extra deck elevator shuttle'1998 5,695,024'Car operated safety gate for horizontally transferrable elevator cab'1997 5,672,853'Elevator control neural network'1997 5,668,356'Elevator dispatching employing hall call assignments based on fuzzy response time logic'1997 5,663,539'Passenger transfer, double deck, multi-elevator shuttle system'1997 5,660,249'Elevator cabs transferred horizontally between double deck elevators'1997 5,655,625'Emergency elevator cab commandeering shuttle'1997 5,651,426'Synchronous elevator shuttle system'1997 5,601,156'Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab'1997 5,564,550'Adapting escalator speed to traffic using fuzzy logic'1996 5,563,386'Elevator dispatching employing reevaluation of hall call assignments, including fuzzy response time logic'1996 5,490,580'Automated selection of a load weight bypass threshold for an elevator system'1996 5,467,844'Assigning a hall call to a full elevator car'1995 5,447,212'Measurement and reduction of bunching in elevator dispatching with multiple term objection function'1995 5,427,206'Assigning a hall call to an elevator car based on remaining response time of other registered calls'1995 5,388,668'Elevator dispatching with multiple term objective function and instantaneous elevator assignment'1995 5,338,904'Early car announcement'1994 5,146,053'Elevator dispatching based on remaining response time'1992 4,046,228'Elevator system'1977

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1977Based in Plum Borough, PA, US· patent location history

1992–2001Patents assigned to OTIS ELEVATOR CO (35)· patent assignee history

1992–2014Based in Canton, CT, US· patent location history

2012–2013Patents assigned to HUFF RANDOLPH W (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to PETERS RICHARD D (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to POWELL BRUCE (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to SMITH RORY S (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
OTIS ELEVATOR CO	35	1992–2001
HUFF RANDOLPH W	2	2012–2013
PETERS RICHARD D	2	2012–2013
POWELL BRUCEself	2	2012–2013
SMITH RORY S	2	2012–2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Canton, CT, US	39	1992–2014
Plum Borough, Pennsylvania, US	1	1977