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John Kirwan — 24 Patents

Delphi Technologies: 19 patents #78 of 4,124Top 2%
DLDelphi Technologies Ip Limited: 2 patents #57 of 322Top 20%
General Motors: 2 patents #6,303 of 18,328Top 35%
STStoneridge: 1 patents #26 of 63Top 45%
Troy, MI: #124 of 2,712 inventorsTop 5%
Michigan: #3,104 of 86,293 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
John Kirwan has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Delphi Technologies. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in June 2025. John Kirwan ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list John Kirwan in Troy, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12330558 Trailer clearance monitoring system for commercial vehicles Troy O. Cooprider, Banuprakash Murthy 2025-06-17
11796330 System and method for providing value recommendations to ride-hailing drivers Peter M. Olin 2023-10-24
11358585 System and method for torque split arbitration Karim Aggoune, Peter M. Olin, Peter Marshall, Li Tang, Keith A. Confer 2022-06-14
8658013 Sensor and sensing method Da Yu Wang, Walter T. Symons, Robert Farhat, Joachim Kupe, Kenneth D. Mowery 2014-02-25
8114175 Fuel cell hydrocarbon reformer having rapid transient response and convective cooling Francois Ravenda, Patrick Valente, Guilio A. Ricci-Ottati 2012-02-14
8037674 System and method of NOx abatement Joachim Kupe, James Zizelman, Jean Botti, Haskell Simpkins, Mark Hemingway +4 more 2011-10-18
7744664 Compact counterflow fuel reformer Giulio A. Ricci-Ottati 2010-06-29
7736399 Electrically-heated metal vaporizer for fuel/air preparation in a hydrocarbon reformer assembly Francois Ravenda 2010-06-15
7691160 Fuel reformer and methods for using the same Francois Ravenda 2010-04-06
7435275 System and method of heating an exhaust treatment device Haskell Simpkins, Joseph V. Bonadies, David A. Goulette, Kenneth Price 2008-10-14
7409823 Method and apparatus for delivery of supplemental material to an exhaust gas feedstream with supplemental air assistance Kenneth Price, Joseph V. Bonadies, David A. Goulette 2008-08-12
7293409 Process and system for improving combustion and exhaust aftertreatment of motor vehicle engines Mark C. Sellnau, Ather Quader 2007-11-13
7188587 Methods for operating a compression ignition engine Ather Quader, Philip J. G. Dingle, Malcolm James Grieve 2007-03-13
7174861 Method and apparatus for fueling an internal combustion engine Brian K. Allston, James Haller 2007-02-13
7131264 Method of operating a reformer and a vehicle Jeffrey G. Weissman, Michael J. Seino, Michael Raymond Salemi 2006-11-07
7117668 Method and apparatus for rapid exhaust catalyst light-off Richard Nashburn, Michael Raymond Salemi, Malcolm J. Grieves 2006-10-10
7037349 Method and apparatus for fuel/air preparation in a fuel cell Kenneth J. Dauer, Michael Raymond Salemi, Richard Nashburn 2006-05-02
6929785 Method and apparatus for preheating of a fuel cell micro-reformer Malcolm James Grieve, David R. Schumann, Galen B. Fisher, Ather Quader 2005-08-16 $6,984,000
6887436 Fast light-off catalytic reformer Galen B. Fisher 2005-05-03 $1,065,000
6869456 Method for starting a fast light-off catalytic fuel reformer Michael Raymond Salemi, Jonathon Bennett, Richard Nashburn, Ather Quader, James Haller 2005-03-22 $3,004,000
6732942 Heating, venting, and air conditioning system for providing supplemental heat in a vehicle Karma Vir Sangwan, Thomas Martin Urbank, Malcolm James Grieve, John F. O'Brien 2004-05-11 $1,466,000
6655130 System and controls for near zero cold start tailpipe emissions in internal combustion engines Malcolm James Grieve, Ather Quader 2003-12-02 $1,054,000
6178949 Engine control having fuel volatility compensation Frederic Anton Matekunas, Scott W. Jorgensen, Chen-Fang Chang 2001-01-30
6176222 Engine fuel injection control method with fuel puddle modeling Scott W. Jorgensen, Frederic Anton Matekunas, Chen-Fang Chang 2001-01-23