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John R. Zagone — 17 Patents

General Motors: 6 patents #2,630 of 18,328Top 15%
BOBorgwarner: 6 patents #232 of 1,733Top 15%
EDElectro-Motive Diesel: 4 patents #33 of 163Top 25%
Hendersonville, NC: #13 of 260 inventorsTop 5%
North Carolina: #2,803 of 45,564 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
John R. Zagone has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Borgwarner. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in February 2025. John R. Zagone ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list John R. Zagone in Hendersonville, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2005.peak 42001: 2 patents20012002: 3 patents20022005: 4 patents20052006: 1 patents20062017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12234766 Variable turbine geometry component wear mitigation in radial turbomachines with divided volutes by aerodynamic force optimization at all vanes or only vane(s) adjacent to volute tongue(s) Abhishek Biswas, Paul J. Troxler, Craig Andrew Colont 2025-02-25
11913379 Variable turbine geometry component wear mitigation in radial turbomachines with divided volutes by aerodynamic force optimization at all vanes or only vane(s) adjacent to volute tongue(s) Abhishek Biswas, Paul J. Troxler, Craig Andrew Colont 2024-02-27 $26,726,000
11668201 Entryway system including a divided volute turbocharger having variable turbine geometry with aerodynamic spacers and vane ring with plurality of rotatable vanes Abhishek Biswas, Benjamin Hurwitz, Craig Andrew Colont 2023-06-06 $57,954,000
10358935 Guide ring spacers for turbocharger Matthew King 2019-07-23 $12,856,000
9915197 Control method for variable geometry exhaust turbine Luis Carlos Cattani, Michael Uchanski, Rogelio Rodriguez, James R. Cigler, Jeremy Grant Schipper +4 more 2018-03-13
9739166 VTG internal by-pass Matthew King 2017-08-22 $25,654,000
9611751 Geometry for increasing torque capacity of riveted vane lever Eli Morgan, Greg Williams 2017-04-04 $24,882,000
7086357 Cylinder head with improved heat transfer and valve seat cooling Robert T. Mac Vicar, Vijaya Kumar 2006-08-08
6929449 Diesel engine water pump with improved oil control Werner Duerr, Thomas J. Kane, Randal K. Albright 2005-08-16
6918746 Diesel engine water pump with thrust bearing preload Werner Duerr, Thomas J. Kane, Randal K. Albright 2005-07-19
6912852 Method for engine condition control with turbocompressor controllable bypass Paul Gottemoller, Ramesh B. Poola, David Corba 2005-07-05
6884022 Diesel engine water pump with improved water seal Randal K. Albright, Thomas J. Kane, Werner Duerr 2005-04-26 $7,905,000
6499969 Conically jointed turbocharger rotor Michael D. Tombers, James W. Heilenbach 2002-12-31
6364634 Turbocharger rotor with alignment couplings Gary R. Svihla, James W. Heilenbach, Keith E. Moravec 2002-04-02
6354815 Turbocharger thermal isolation connection Gary R. Svihla, Charles Henry Mc Creary 2002-03-12
6302647 Turbine inlet scroll Joshua D. Schueler 2001-10-16
6287091 Turbocharger with nozzle ring coupling Gary R. Svihla 2001-09-11