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Mark S. Cavanagh — 24 Patents

Caterpillar: 9 patents #672 of 8,398Top 9%
CUCummins: 8 patents #180 of 2,217Top 9%
STStanadyne: 6 patents #8 of 85Top 10%
TMThe Jacobs Manufacturing: 1 patents #11 of 17Top 65%
LLLucas Industries Limited: 1 patents #219 of 217Top 105%
West Granby, CT: #2 of 25 inventorsTop 8%
Connecticut: #1,575 of 34,797 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Mark S. Cavanagh has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in October 2018. Mark S. Cavanagh ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Mark S. Cavanagh in West Granby, CT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2005.peak 31983: 1 patents19831995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 3 patents2006: 2 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10107247 Method of suppressing cavitation in a fuel injector 2018-10-23
9644589 Debris diverter shield for fuel injector 2017-05-09
9638080 Injector having swirl structure downstream of valve seat Robert G. Lucas 2017-05-02
9291134 Anti-cavitation throttle for injector control valve 2016-03-22
9228550 Common rail injector with regulated pressure chamber 2016-01-05
8225602 Integrated pump and injector for exhaust after treatment Robert G. Lucas, Yevgeniy Norkin 2012-07-24
7909271 Fuel injector nozzle for an internal combustion engine Roger Urven, Keith E. Lawrence 2011-03-22 $25,186,000
7444980 Fuel injector nozzle for an internal combustion engine Roger Urven, Keith E. Lawrence 2008-11-04 $29,377,000
7290520 Fuel injector nozzle for an internal combustion engine Roger Urven, Keith E. Lawrence 2007-11-06 $27,186,000
7077381 Desensitizing armature air gap to component distortion in a fuel injector Norval J. Wiemken, Alan R. Stockner, Scott F. Shafer, Steven Y. Tian 2006-07-18 $45,839,000
7032566 Fuel injector nozzle for an internal combustion engine Roger Urven, Keith E. Lawrence 2006-04-25 $29,625,000
6959699 Injection of fuel vapor and air mixture into an engine cylinder Ronald D. Shinogle, Berfan K. Kochgiri 2005-11-01 $88,785,000
6955114 Three way valve and electro-hydraulic actuator using same Alan R. Stockner, Norval J. Wiemken, Scott F. Shafer, Gene Slinkard, Ye Tian 2005-10-18 $83,106,000
6895752 Method and apparatus for exhaust gas recirculation cooling using a vortex tube to cool recirculated exhaust gases Richard H. Holtman 2005-05-24 $28,684,000
6655349 System for controlling a variable valve actuation system 2003-12-02 $9,654,000
6499467 Closed nozzle fuel injector with improved controllabilty C. Edward Morris, Björn Westman 2002-12-31 $9,036,000
6253736 Fuel injector nozzle assembly with feedback control John D. Crofts, Howard S. Savage 2001-07-03 $5,301,000
6058910 Rotary distributor for a high pressure fuel system Scott Robert Simmons, John D. Lane, Alfred R. Nerz, Frank R. Hunt, Gordon K. Butler +1 more 2000-05-09 $14,879,000
5983863 Compact high performance fuel system with accumulator Bryan W. Swank, Arpad M. Pataki, Bela Doszpoly, John D. Lane, Kent V. Shields +6 more 1999-11-16 $8,153,000
5630398 Stepped rotation fuel distribution valve Gary L. Gant, George L. Muntean, Harry L. Wilson, John R. Youngblood 1997-05-20 $14,333,000
5619969 Fuel injection rate shaping control system Chung Y. Liu, Benjamin M. Yen, Lester L. Peters, Julius P. Perr, Russ P. Durrett +4 more 1997-04-15 $3,086,000
5497806 Compact pin-within-a-sleeve three-way valve Bryan W. Swank, Arpad M. Pataki, Bela Doszpoly, John D. Lane, Kent V. Shields +1 more 1996-03-12 $5,102,000
5396926 Force balanced three-way solenoid valve Arpad M. Pataki, Bela Doszpoly, Bryan W. Swank, John D. Lane, Kent V. Shields 1995-03-14 $12,514,000
4399787 Engine retarder hydraulic reset mechanism 1983-08-23 $401,000