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David Beatty — 11 Patents

Caterpillar: 6 patents #1,099 of 8,398Top 15%
APActive Power: 3 patents #9 of 35Top 30%
Normal, IL: #44 of 230 inventorsTop 20%
Illinois: #8,093 of 84,256 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
David Beatty has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in March 2014. David Beatty ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list David Beatty in Normal, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8671686 Systems and methods for providing backup energy to a load Joseph F. Pinkerton, David Perkins 2014-03-18 $624,000
7693402 Thermal storage unit and methods for using the same to heat a fluid Robert S. Hudson, David Perkins, Donald M. Hudson, Donald Stamets, Joseph F. Pinkerton 2010-04-06 $1,409,000
7681395 Systems and methods for providing backup energy to a load Joseph F. Pinkerton, David Perkins 2010-03-23
7127895 Systems and methods for providing backup energy to a load Joseph F. Pinkerton, David Perkins 2006-10-31 $2,110,000
6109541 Apparatus for reducing the bounce of a poppet valve Steven J. Bockelman, Jon E. Kasen 2000-08-29 $11,845,000
6062186 Method of starting an engine Travis E. Barnes, William H. Lane, Alan R. Stockner 2000-05-16 $17,307,000
6012429 Hydraulically-actuated fuel injector with idle stability port Ralph A. Smith, III, Steven Y. Tian 2000-01-11
5992768 Fluid seal for cyclic high pressures within a fuel injector Ralph A. Smith, III 1999-11-30 $15,848,000
5950931 Pressure decay passage for a fuel injector having a trapped volume nozzle assembly Chetan J. Desai, George M. Matta 1999-09-14 $22,960,000
5788154 Method of preventing cavitation in a fuel injector having a solenoid actuated control valve 1998-08-04 $58,674,000
5683228 Oil pump cavitation relief 1997-11-04 $9,928,000