Thomas E. Braford, Jr. has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Borgwarner . The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in July 2025. Thomas E. Braford, Jr. ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Thomas E. Braford, Jr. in Brighton, MI, US.
Patents per Year Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2025 Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2001. peak 4 2000: 1 patents 2000 2001: 4 patents 2005: 4 patents 2005 2006: 2 patents 2007: 1 patents 2007 2009: 3 patents 2010: 1 patents 2010 2012: 2 patents 2013: 3 patents 2013 2014: 2 patents 2015: 2 patents 2015 2025: 1 patents 2025
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Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx Value ⓘ
12359716
Electric drive module dual sump arrangement for oil management
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2025-07-15
9156351
Power transfer device with low effort mode shift system
Wolfram Hasewend , Matthew Girlando
2015-10-13
9080621
Freewheeling synchronizer
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2015-07-14
$8,204,000
8844391
Power flow configuration for dual clutch transmission mechanism
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2014-09-30
$47,357,000
8714326
Dual clutch mechanism for a transmission
Hans Juergen Hauck
2014-05-06
$17,260,000
8453816
Flexplate coupling for a wet clutch transmission
Paul T. McCrary
2013-06-04
$11,350,000
8429992
Power flow configuration for dual clutch transmission mechanism
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2013-04-30
$22,053,000
8375816
Dual clutch transmission
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2013-02-19
$9,102,000
8313406
Dual clutch transmission
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2012-11-20
$22,686,000
8220608
Integrated clutch assembly damper arrangement
Karl-Heinz Bauer , Hans Jurgen Hauck , Till Ebner
2012-07-17
$51,477,000
7784595
Integrated clutch assembly damper arrangement
Karl-Heinz Bauer , Hans Jurgen Hauck , Till Ebner
2010-08-31
$36,949,000
7559415
Hydraulic synchronizer
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2009-07-14
$50,071,000
7534171
Spline connector
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2009-05-19
$16,237,000
7497312
Clutch assembly
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2009-03-03
$7,906,000
7246692
Dual clutch mechanism for a transmission
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2007-07-24
$12,206,000
7127961
Integrated control module for a dual clutch transmission
Brian K. Stefina
2006-10-31
$15,086,000
7121392
Hydraulic double clutch
Karl-Heinz Bauer
2006-10-17
$5,447,000
6953412
Reversible one-way clutch for planetary transmission
Daniel P. Costin
2005-10-11
6868949
Start-up clutch assembly
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2005-03-22
$6,930,000
6854580
Torsional damper having variable bypass clutch with centrifugal release mechanism
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2005-02-15
$4,908,000
6840363
Multi-disk friction device selective lubrication on demand
Thomas Schmidt
2005-01-11
$7,874,000
6227340
Automatic transmission with dual gain multi-disk friction device
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2001-05-08
$8,976,000
6213272
Automatic transmission having nested clutch housings
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2001-04-10
$4,473,000
6209695
Multi-speed transmission with no lag electronically controlled valving
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2001-04-03
$2,975,000
6202814
Automatic transmission having grounded clutch with convergent cooling
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2001-03-20
$2,950,000