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Temitope Olayemi Akinlua — 19 Patents

Caterpillar: 19 patents #204 of 8,398Top 3%
Peoria, IL: #57 of 1,769 inventorsTop 4%
Illinois: #4,093 of 84,256 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Temitope Olayemi Akinlua has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in July 2025. Temitope Olayemi Akinlua ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Temitope Olayemi Akinlua in Peoria, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2016.peak 62015: 1 patents20152016: 6 patents20162017: 4 patents20172020: 1 patents20202021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12358578 Idler for undercarriage system having sacrificial wear rings and wear ring for same Michael Stephen Galat 2025-07-15
12078523 Predicting track assembly component failure using direct oil contact sensor device Michael Stephen Galat, Eric James Johannsen 2024-09-03 $63,299,000
12065205 Sprocket with a roller assembly inserted into the sprocket teeth Michael Stephen Galat, Lewis C. Hunt 2024-08-20 $90,490,000
11572113 Fabricated track roller rim assembly Brice James Herbers, Scott H. Magner, Michael Stephen Galat, Brian Umbach 2023-02-07 $39,318,000
11479310 Track chain and methods for bushing rotation David J. Hakes, Michael D. Hasselbusch 2022-10-25 $80,861,000
11021196 Track assembly for a machine Michael Stephen Galat 2021-06-01 $142,260,000
10889344 Track assembly for a machine Michael Stephen Galat, Kevin L. Steiner 2021-01-12 $38,105,000
10633040 Joint bushings for track joint assemblies Kevin L. Steiner, Timothy A. Thorson, Caroline Marie Brewer, Mark S. Diekevers 2020-04-28 $45,350,000
D790599 Track link Daniel I. Knobloch, Mark S. Diekevers, Timothy A. Thorson, Caroline Marie Brewer, Gregory J. Kaufmann +2 more 2017-06-27
9623920 Track joint assemblies Mark S. Diekevers, Caroline Marie Brewer, Gregory J. Kaufmann, Timothy A. Thorson, Kevin L. Steiner +1 more 2017-04-18 $19,273,000
9604681 Track joint assemblies Mark S. Diekevers, Caroline Marie Brewer, Gregory J. Kaufmann, Timothy A. Thorson, Kevin L. Steiner +1 more 2017-03-28 $17,151,000
9550537 Crown for a link in a ground engaging track system Kevin L. Steiner, Caroline Marie Brewer, Daniel I. Knobloch, Donovan S. Clarke, Timothy Michael Nenne 2017-01-24 $14,991,000
9505453 Track joint assemblies Caroline Marie Brewer, Gregory J. Kaufmann, Timothy A. Thorson, Kevin L. Steiner, Mark S. Diekevers +1 more 2016-11-29 $19,158,000
D769333 Track link Daniel I. Knobloch, Mark S. Diekevers, Timothy A. Thorson, Caroline Marie Brewer, Gregory J. Kaufmann +2 more 2016-10-18
D767641 Track link assembly Daniel I. Knobloch, Mark S. Diekevers, Timothy A. Thorson, Caroline Marie Brewer, Gregory J. Kaufmann +2 more 2016-09-27
9434425 Track joint assemblies Gregory J. Kaufmann, Timothy A. Thorson, Kevin L. Steiner, Caroline Marie Brewer, Mark S. Diekevers +1 more 2016-09-06 $63,545,000
9302722 Seal assembly for track pin joint assembly of undercarriage Guanghui Liang, Mark S. Diekevers, Mark J. Kiesel, Darren B. Antoine, Travis King 2016-04-05 $15,094,000
9290217 Variable hardening depth in track link for a ground-engaging track Kevin L. Steiner, Timothy A. Thorson, Mark S. Diekevers, Caroline Marie Brewer, Gregory J. Kaufmann 2016-03-22 $21,674,000
9045180 Ground-engaging track system, link for a track chain, and method Caroline Marie Brewer, Martin Tagore Joseph Xavier, Kevin L. Steiner, Michael D. Hasselbusch, Timothy Michael Nenne 2015-06-02 $26,094,000