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Home
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2021
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General Motors
›
Yiran Hu
YH
Yiran Hu
— 6 Patents in 2021
General Motors
:
6
patents
#63
of
1,408
Top 5%
Shelby Charter Township, MI
:
#6
of
102
inventors
Top 6%
Michigan
:
#298
of
9,874
inventors
Top 4%
Overall
(2021):
#18,884
of
548,734
Top 4%
6
Patents 2021
Issued Patents
2021
Showing
1–6
of
6
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
11192561
Method for increasing control performance of model predictive control cost functions
JUN-MIN CHEN
,
Ruixing Long
2021-12-07
$61,986,000
11167759
Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle including an adaptive cruise control system
Junfeng Zhao
,
Dongxu Li
,
Steven E. Muldoon
,
Chen-Fang Chang
2021-11-09
$27,901,000
11104340
Methods to enhance powertrain systems equipped with turbocharger or regenerative braking system
Mohammad Naserian
,
Allan Lewis
,
Donald K. Grimm
2021-08-31
$67,878,000
11078825
Method and apparatus for control of propulsion system warmup based on engine wall temperature
David E. Edwards
,
Min Sun
,
Michael J. Paratore, Jr.
,
JUN-MIN CHEN
,
Eugene V. Gonze
+1 more
2021-08-03
$60,431,000
10995688
Method and system for determining thermal state
JUN-MIN CHEN
,
David E. Edwards
,
Min Sun
,
Adam J. Heinzen
,
Michael A. Smith
2021-05-04
$40,166,000
10915159
Method of controlling a vehicle to adjust perception system energy usage
Steven E. Muldoon
,
Wei Tong
,
Shige Wang
2021-02-09
$41,459,000
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