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John E. Wible — 20 Patents

Caterpillar: 11 patents #501 of 8,398Top 6%
TOTowmotor: 9 patents #3 of 69Top 5%
Painesville, OH: #15 of 292 inventorsTop 6%
Ohio: #3,368 of 73,341 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
John E. Wible has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in December 1991. John E. Wible ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list John E. Wible in Painesville, OH, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5072648 Control system for a fluid operated jack Darren L. Krahn 1991-12-17 $7,718,000
5014811 Battery retaining system Terence E. Valencic 1991-05-14 $16,504,000
4950118 System for loading and unloading trailers using automatic guided vehicles William R. Mueller, Richard A. Nestoff 1990-08-21 $7,578,000
4944357 Power transferring arrangement Paul D. Grohsmeyer 1990-07-31 $11,651,000
4934478 Contact sensing apparatus and method Grant C. Melocik 1990-06-19 $4,601,000
4918607 Vehicle guidance system 1990-04-17 $7,960,000
4906159 Freely positionable load carrying attachment for an automatic guided vehicle Joseph F. Sabo, Andrew P. Blau 1990-03-06 $22,119,000
4903054 Obstacle detection system 1990-02-20 $24,022,000
D295105 Automatic guided vehicle Ian Dawson, Bernard E. Erlacher, Robert D. Higgins, Robert McNutt 1988-04-05
4730690 Object sensing arrangement Robert McNutt 1988-03-15 $8,828,000
4635439 Fluid operated system control 1987-01-13 $4,067,000
4567757 Apparatus and method for testing vehicle brakes Grant C. Melocik 1986-02-04
4564085 Controlling arrangement Grant C. Melocik 1986-01-14
4531615 High-visibility mast assembly for lift trucks 1985-07-30
4520986 Suspended seat assembly Lawrence A. Liljequist, Richard A. Schwehr 1985-06-04
4496896 Vehicle battery charging apparatus Grant C. Melocik 1985-01-29
4362351 Terminal assembly 1982-12-07
4238008 Control valve linkage Robert D. Higgins 1980-12-09
4213510 Article retention device 1980-07-22
4184333 Fluid power system James G. Blaha, Grant C. Melocik 1980-01-22