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Larry E. Schmidt — 12 Patents

Caterpillar: 12 patents #447 of 8,398Top 6%
Peoria, IL: #134 of 1,769 inventorsTop 8%
Illinois: #7,339 of 84,256 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Larry E. Schmidt has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in October 2000. Larry E. Schmidt ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Larry E. Schmidt in Peoria, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6133643 Method for determining governor gains for a fuel control system Michael S. Lukich 2000-10-17 $15,579,000
5956250 Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using absolute data Adam J. Gudat, Dong Hun Shin, William Whittaker, Karl W. Kleimenhagen, Richard G. Clow +11 more 1999-09-21 $50,265,000
5838562 System and a method for enabling a vehicle to track a preset path Adam J. Gudat, Walter J. Bradbury, Dana A. Christensen, Carl A. Kemner, Craig L. Koehrsen +17 more 1998-11-17 $25,699,000
5684696 System and method for enabling an autonomous vehicle to track a desired path Prithvi Narayana Rao, Dong Hun Shin, William Whittaker, Karl W. Kleimenhagen, Sanjiv Singh +5 more 1997-11-04 $9,928,000
5648901 System and method for generating paths in an autonomous vehicle Adam J. Gudat, Dong Hun Shin, William Whittaker, Karl W. Kleimenhagen, Sanjiv Singh +10 more 1997-07-15 $17,755,000
5646843 Apparatus and method for surface based vehicle control system Adam J. Gudat, Karl W. Kleimenhagen, Dana A. Christensen, Carl A. Kemner, Walter J. Bradbury +6 more 1997-07-08 $8,880,000
5646845 System and method for controlling an autonomously navigated vehicle Adam J. Gudat, William Whittaker, Karl W. Kleimenhagen, Dana A. Christensen, Carl A. Kemner +6 more 1997-07-08 $8,880,000
5640323 System and method for operating an autonomous navigation system Karl W. Kleimenhagen, Carl A. Kemner, Walter J. Bradbury, Craig L. Koehrsen, Joel L. Peterson +2 more 1997-06-17 $103,677,000
5615116 Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using path data Adam J. Gudat, Prithvi Narayana Rao, Gary K. Shaffer, Wenfan Shi, Dong Hun Shin +15 more 1997-03-25 $26,512,000
5610815 Integrated vehicle positioning and navigation system, apparatus and method Adam J. Gudat, Walter J. Bradbury, Dana A. Christensen, Richard G. Clow, Lonnie J. Devier +17 more 1997-03-11 $20,815,000
5548516 Multi-tasked navigation system and method for an autonomous land based vehicle Adam J. Gudat, Prithvi Narayana Rao, Gary K. Shaffer, Wenfan Shi, Dong Hun Shin +17 more 1996-08-20 $24,835,000
5201296 Control system for an internal combustion engine John J. Wunning, Errol W. Davis, Ronald J. Penick, Mohamad Z. Deiri, Paul M. Young 1993-04-13 $9,498,000