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Michael W. Degner

Ford: 24 patents #21 of 2,765Top 1%
Novi, MI: #3 of 270 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #24 of 9,874 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2021): #1,262 of 548,734Top 1%
24 Patents 2021

Issued Patents 2021

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11205941 Methods for tuning magnetic properties of electrical steel cores for electrical devices Leyi Zhu, Feng Liang 2021-12-21
11189405 Composite magnet with magnetically hard and soft phases Chuanbing Rong, Feng Liang 2021-11-30
11173803 Reconfigurable micro-grid Krishna Prasad Bhat, Jacek Brauner, Xi Lu, Theodore Joseph Filippi, Ke Zou +1 more 2021-11-16
11152825 Electrical machine rotor with eliminated iron bridge Franco Leonardi, Chun Tang, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Kewei XIAO 2021-10-19
11148531 Configurable vehicle power outlet system Jacek Brauner, Theodore Joseph Filippi, Allan Roy Gale, Ke Zou, Krishna Prasad Bhat 2021-10-19
11142072 Electrified vehicle with electrical power outlet Krishna Prasad Bhat, Ke Zou, Xi Lu 2021-10-12
11133796 Dynamic IGBT gate drive to reduce switching loss Zhuxian Xu, Chingchi Chen, Ke Zou, Xi Lu, Jun Kikuchi 2021-09-28
11108303 Electric machine end turn channels Franco Leonardi, Prasad Dev Hanumalagutti 2021-08-31
11065857 Electric machine with locally-tuned properties Leyi Zhu, Feng Liang 2021-07-20
11056954 Hairpin winding electric machine with multi-conductor hairpin assemblies Feng Liang 2021-07-06
11052740 Power supply device Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar, Alfredo R. Munoz, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Guangyin Lei 2021-07-06
11051434 Power-module assembly Guangyin Lei, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih 2021-06-29
11031834 Electric machine rotor end plate with raised flow features Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Myung Ki Sung, Prasad Dev Hanumalagutti 2021-06-08
11025142 Method for manufacturing electric machine Leyi Zhu, Feng Liang 2021-06-01
11024458 Method for three-dimensional printing of magnetic materials C. Bing Rong, Feng Liang, Leyi Zhu 2021-06-01
11018567 Permanent magnet rotor with enhanced demagnetization protection Feng Liang, Lusu Guo, Wei Wu, Chun Tang 2021-05-25
11014451 Reconfigurable electrical power conversion system Ke Zou, Theodore Joseph Filippi, Jacek Brauner, Allan Roy Gale 2021-05-25
11004600 Permanent magnet and method of making permanent magnet Wanfeng Li, Feng Liang 2021-05-11
10958120 Electric machine rotor for harmonic flux reduction Chun Tang, Feng Liang, Wei Wu 2021-03-23
10933761 Vehicle generator-inverter for split-phase unbalanced loads Xi Lu, Ke Zou, Krishna Prasad Bhat, Chingchi Chen 2021-03-02
10919407 Vehicle power system with configurable output converter Xi Lu, Ke Zou, Krishna Prasad Bhat 2021-02-16
10910927 Localized induction heat treatment of electric motor components Chuanbing Rong, Feng Liang 2021-02-02
10899231 System and method for avoiding inrush current in a vehicle microgrid Xi Lu, Krishna Prasad Bhat, Ke Zou 2021-01-26
10892657 Electric machine Myung Ki Sung, Prasad Dev Hanumalagutti, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih 2021-01-12