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Frank Eckstein — 10 Patents

BMW: 8 patents #220 of 5,361Top 5%
Illinois Tool Works: 2 patents #2,135 of 4,311Top 50%
IPItw Automotive Products: 1 patents #20 of 54Top 40%
Munich, DE: #988 of 11,432 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Frank Eckstein has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at BMW. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in December 2024. Frank Eckstein ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Frank Eckstein in Munich, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2014.peak 32012: 1 patents20122014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents20192024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12176503 Storage device for storing electrical energy, in particular for a motor vehicle Azad DARBANDI, Juergen HILDINGER, Florian SCHOEWEL 2024-12-24 $12,271,000
11872876 Energy storage device for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle, and production method Azad DARBANDI, Juergen HILDINGER, Julien Marie 2024-01-16 $8,297,000
10443633 Fastening clip Christian Scherer, Isaac Tejero Salinero 2019-10-15 $32,345,000
9592857 Closing plug for an opening in a body structure of an automobile 2017-03-14 $26,492,000
9269500 Heat-dissipating device for supplying power to a hybrid or electric motor vehicle Alexander Meijering, Micha Dirmeier, Philipp Petz, Nicolas Flahaut, Bjoern Lath +1 more 2016-02-23
9052148 Power supply device for a motor vehicle Bjoern Lath, Hubertus Goesmann, Micha Dirmeier, Philipp Petz, Alexander Meijering 2015-06-09
8870020 Closure device for a housing, sealed off from the environment, and a housing Hubertus Goesmann 2014-10-28
8871372 Device that is intended for supplying power to a motor vehicle and comprises a cooler block Bjoern Lath, Hubertus Goesmann, Micha Dirmeier, Philipp Petz 2014-10-28
8687366 Apparatus for supplying voltage to a motor vehicle having optimized heat dissipation Bjoern Lath, Hubertus Goesmann, Micha Dirmeier, Alexander Meijering, Philipp Petz +1 more 2014-04-01
8177467 Fastening device having fastening element Angela Zoeller, Albert Sbongk 2012-05-15