Bryan J. Downing has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar . The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in April 2025. Bryan J. Downing ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Bryan J. Downing in Champlin, MN, US.
Patents per Year Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025 Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2020. peak 2 2014: 1 patents 2014 2015: 1 patents 2015 2017: 1 patents 2017 2019: 1 patents 2019 2020: 2 patents 2020 2022: 2 patents 2022 2024: 2 patents 2024 2025: 1 patents 2025
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Showing 1–11 of 11 patents
Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx Value ⓘ
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
$140,317,000
12031278 Automated nulling screed assembly Chad M. Thiesse , Anthony Paul Steinhagen , Ronald D. Wilson , Ricky Leon Mings , Mathew J. Hedrington 2024-07-09
$166,099,000
11453983 Vibration control system, apparatus, and method for compactor Nicholas A. Oetken , John L. Marsolek , Michael W. Ries 2022-09-27
$48,837,000
11345384 Steering wheel control system Michael W. Ries , Keith D. Koshiol , Yasin Haji Mohamed 2022-05-31
$81,122,000
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
$37,179,000
10662590 Control system and method for controlling operation of an edge forming tool of a compactor Maria L. Biberdorf 2020-05-26
$36,483,000
10407845 Oscillation assembly for a paving machine — 2019-09-10
$24,546,000
9587361 Temperature dependent auto adaptive compaction Nicholas A. Oetken , John L. Marsolek , Maria L. Biberdorf 2017-03-07
$24,792,000
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
$7,648,000
8635903 Method and system for compaction measurement Nicholas A. Oetken , James A. Aardema , Kristopher A. Hanson 2014-01-28
$14,166,000
