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David Michael Byers — 12 Patents

Delphi Technologies: 7 patents #426 of 4,124Top 15%
General Motors: 3 patents #4,723 of 18,328Top 30%
ESElectric Data Systems: 1 patents #102 of 419Top 25%
Saginaw, MI: #34 of 671 inventorsTop 6%
Michigan: #7,722 of 86,293 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
David Michael Byers has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Delphi Technologies. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in February 2007. David Michael Byers ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list David Michael Byers in Saginaw, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31997: 1 patents19971998: 3 patents19982001: 1 patents20012002: 2 patents20022003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7178834 Adaptive release capsule for steering column Xiaoyu Li, John F. Schulz, Tracy L. Zehnder, Richard K. Riefe 2007-02-20
7137499 Steering column mounted power transmission shifter Richard K. Riefe, Tamara J. Reppuhn, Michael C. Vermeersch, Ravindra Jwalapathy 2006-11-21
6769715 Responsive energy absorbing device for a steering column Richard K. Riefe, Richard P. Nash 2004-08-03
6641167 Responsive E/A system for steering columns Richard K. Riefe, James Salois 2003-11-04 $3,881,000
6592148 Steering column lower bracket Richard K. Riefe, James Salois, Michael John Clayton, Marc William Heinzman 2003-07-15 $2,284,000
6481310 Fine increment tilt mechanism William J Janeczko, Thomas Glowacki, Albert C. Huber 2002-11-19 $1,495,000
6454302 Energy absorber for motor vehicle steering column Xiaoyu Li, Kevin Roe 2002-09-24 $1,004,000
6322103 Energy absorber for motor vehicle steering column Xiaoyu Li, Kevin Roe 2001-11-27 $10,722,000
5790780 Analysis of failures in a computing environment Harriet E. Brichta, Connie K. Stanley, Geoffrey J. Gerling, Henry E. Schurig, III, MITCHELL WELLS 1998-08-04 $166,415,000
5718132 Anti-theft steering shaft lock Richard K. Riefe, Michael P. Anspaugh 1998-02-17
5706704 Energy absorbing steering column for motor vehicle Richard K. Riefe, Howard D. Beauch, Michael P. Anspaugh 1998-01-13
5669634 Energy absorber for motor vehicle steering column Marc William Heinzman, Michael P. Anspaugh, Richard K. Riefe 1997-09-23