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Home
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2021
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General Motors
›
Derek F. Lahr
DL
Derek F. Lahr
— 9 Patents in 2021
General Motors
:
9
patents
#18
of
1,408
Top 2%
Ann Arbor, MI
:
#14
of
1,002
inventors
Top 2%
Michigan
:
#151
of
9,874
inventors
Top 2%
Overall
(2021):
#10,669
of
548,734
Top 2%
9
Patents 2021
Issued Patents
2021
Showing
1–9
of
9
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
11171545
Reinforced stator housing for an electric motor
Anthony M. Coppola
,
Alireza Fatemi
,
Bradley A. Newcomb
,
Sean Robert Wagner
2021-11-09
$27,901,000
11133724
Rotor with compressive structural elements
Alireza Fatemi
,
Farzad Samie
2021-09-28
$43,266,000
11121592
Electric machine core with arcuate grain orientation
Alireza Fatemi
,
James B. Borgerson
2021-09-14
$24,647,000
11088607
Axial flux machine with nutating rotor
Alireza Fatemi
2021-08-10
$44,234,000
11009124
Hydrodynamic torque converters with integrated engine disconnect devices of motor vehicle powertrains
Dongxu Li
,
Chunhao J. Lee
,
Farzad Samie
2021-05-18
$66,558,000
10955025
Vehicle powertrain variable vibration absorber assembly
Neeraj S. Shidore
,
James B. Borgerson
,
Chunhao J. Lee
,
Norman K. Bucknor
2021-03-23
$44,996,000
10941840
Continuously variable transmission with wedge actuation mechanism
Jian Yao
,
Chengwu Duan
,
Chunhao J. Lee
,
Farzad Samie
2021-03-09
$57,194,000
10923987
Electrical system with cycloidal electric machine
Alireza Fatemi
2021-02-16
$45,829,000
10913344
Drivetrain for a hybrid propulsion system
Farzad Samie
,
Joel R. Briggs
2021-02-09
$41,459,000
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