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David E. Ault — 5 Patents

Caterpillar: 5 patents #1,328 of 8,398Top 20%
Peoria, IL: #387 of 1,769 inventorsTop 25%
Illinois: #18,025 of 84,256 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
David E. Ault has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in July 2017. David E. Ault ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list David E. Ault in Peoria, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9701312 Idle reduction engine shutdown and restart system for a machine Joshua Jensen, Drew A. Fehr, Emily A. Morris, Jeremy T. Peterson, Kory K. Leesman +4 more 2017-07-11 $22,254,000
9255380 Hydraulic suspension hitch system Jeffrey L. Kuehn 2016-02-09 $32,841,000
8948984 Operator interface with tactile feedback Matthew E. Kontz, Jeffrey L. Kuehn, Rustin Glenn Metzger 2015-02-03 $7,330,000
8683720 Hydraulic suspension hitch system Jeffrey L. Kuehn 2014-04-01 $62,757,000
8543298 Operator interface with tactile feedback Matthew E. Kontz, Jeffrey L. Kuehn, Rustin Glenn Metzger 2013-09-24 $62,383,000