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Bryan J. Downing

Caterpillar: 11 patents #497 of 8,398Top 6%
Champlin, MN: #22 of 241 inventorsTop 10%
Minnesota: #6,858 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #434,785 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12270161 Automated mechanical system to position screed at starting paving depth Chad M. Thiesse, Bradley D. Anderson, Ryan T. Thiesse, Ronald D. Wilson, Rick L. Mings +2 more 2025-04-08
12104335 System and method for automatic lowering of a paving machine screed assembly Chad M. Thiesse, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Ricky Leon Mings, Ronald D. Wilson, Mathew J. Hedrington 2024-10-01
12031278 Automated nulling screed assembly Chad M. Thiesse, Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Ronald D. Wilson, Ricky Leon Mings, Mathew J. Hedrington 2024-07-09
11453983 Vibration control system, apparatus, and method for compactor Nicholas A. Oetken, John L. Marsolek, Michael W. Ries 2022-09-27
11345384 Steering wheel control system Michael W. Ries, Keith D. Koshiol, Yasin Haji Mohamed 2022-05-31
10843670 Controlling machine operation based on seat orientation Paul S. Petersen, Rolf af Klinteberg, Kyle Hendricks, Jeremy W. Lee, Mathew J. Hedrington 2020-11-24
10662590 Control system and method for controlling operation of an edge forming tool of a compactor Maria L. Biberdorf 2020-05-26
10407845 Oscillation assembly for a paving machine 2019-09-10
9587361 Temperature dependent auto adaptive compaction Nicholas A. Oetken, John L. Marsolek, Maria L. Biberdorf 2017-03-07
9139964 System for adjusting the pressure and temperature of a compacting member Michael W. Ries, Keng Yew Anthony Low, Jon M. Scharf 2015-09-22
8635903 Method and system for compaction measurement Nicholas A. Oetken, James A. Aardema, Kristopher A. Hanson 2014-01-28