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John T. Kightlinger — 13 Patents

Delphi Technologies: 6 patents #520 of 4,124Top 15%
AAAptiv Technologies Ag: 5 patents #130 of 863Top 20%
General Motors: 1 patents #9,441 of 18,328Top 55%
Canfield, OH: #5 of 133 inventorsTop 4%
Ohio: #5,928 of 73,341 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
John T. Kightlinger has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Delphi Technologies. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2025. John T. Kightlinger ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list John T. Kightlinger in Canfield, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2009.peak 21994: 1 patents19942006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents20092015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162020: 1 patents20202022: 2 patents20222023: 2 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12438347 Method of cutting shielding conductor of a high voltage cable and apparatus to be used therefore Shawn Alan Chernushin 2025-10-07
11699538 High-voltage electrical cable with mixed conductors Randall C. Sumner, George Albert Drew, Gina Sacco, Jonathon D. Weidner 2023-07-11
11670434 Wiring harness assembly having multiple separated conductors embedded within a substrate Jared Bilas, David R. Peterson, Kurt P. Seifert, Christopher G. Reider, Doyeon Y. Sohn +3 more 2023-06-06
11515678 Splice connector Don E. Bizon, Michael L. Mellott 2022-11-29
11302460 Wiring harness assembly having multiple separated conductors embedded within a substrate Jared Bilas, David R. Peterson, Kurt P. Seifert, Christopher G. Reider, Doyeon Y. Sohn +3 more 2022-04-12
10777334 Wiring harness assembly having multiple separated conductors embedded within a substrate Jared Bilas, David R. Peterson, Kurt P. Seifert, Christopher G. Reider, Doyeon Y. Sohn +3 more 2020-09-15
9289848 Method of attaching a wire cable terminal to a multi-strand wire cable Jeffrey M. Handel 2016-03-22
9117573 Integrated wire cable twisting, wrapping, and testing apparatus and method of operating same John C. McLane, Robert Alan McFall, Keith B. Adkins, Donald L. McConnell, David R. Peterson 2015-08-25
7485012 Electrical connection system having wafer connectors James D. Daugherty, Christopher A. Margrave, Thomas E. McLain, Theodore R. Schmidt 2009-02-03
7475462 Wire marker James A. Gourash, Nick M. Loprire, Robert Alan McFall, John C. McLane, Andrew F. Rodondi 2009-01-13
7334321 Wire loader James A. Gourash, Nick M. Loprire, Robert Alan McFall, John C. McLane, Andrew F. Rodondi 2008-02-26
7134190 Wire harness manufacturing machine Edward M. Bungo, James A. Gourash, Shao C. Hsieh, Nick M. Loprire, Robert Alan McFall +3 more 2006-11-14
5308261 Low profile connector position assurance — 1994-05-03

Frequent Collaborators

David R. Peterson4 shared
George Albert Drew4 shared
Robert Alan McFall4 shared
John C. McLane4 shared
Christopher G. Reider3 shared
Kurt P. Seifert3 shared

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