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Timothy W. Kaufmann — 25 Patents

Delphi Technologies: 10 patents #264 of 4,124Top 7%
SHSteering Solutions Ip Holding: 10 patents #41 of 568Top 8%
General Motors: 4 patents #3,757 of 18,328Top 25%
Apple: 1 patents #12,397 of 18,612Top 70%
Frankenmuth, MI: #4 of 98 inventorsTop 5%
Michigan: #2,912 of 86,293 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Timothy W. Kaufmann has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Delphi Technologies. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in August 2021. Timothy W. Kaufmann ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Timothy W. Kaufmann in Frankenmuth, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2010.peak 31997: 1 patents19972002: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032006: 2 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 2 patents2021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11091148 Hands on steering wheel detect Daniel W. Fuesz, Michael K. Hales 2021-08-17
10464594 Model based driver torque estimation Bo Yu, Anthony J. Champagne, Tejas M. Varunjikar 2019-11-05
10442441 Retractable handwheel gesture control Frank P. Lubischer, Patrik M. Ryne 2019-10-15
10155531 Providing assist torque without hand wheel torque sensor Anthony J. Champagne, Kathryn L. Pattok, Tejas M. Varunjikar 2018-12-18
10029676 Hands on steering wheel detect Daniel W. Fuesz, Michael K. Hales 2018-07-24
9540044 Hand wheel angle from vehicle dynamic sensors or wheel speeds Tao Yang 2017-01-10
9409595 Providing assist torque without hand wheel torque sensor for zero to low vehicle speeds Tejas M. Varunjikar, Anthony J. Champagne 2016-08-09
9308932 System for providing steering assist torque based on a proportional gain value Scott A. Millsap, Farhad Bolourchi 2016-04-12
8930081 System for indicating an impending vehicle maneuver Farhad Bolourchi, Ashok Chandy 2015-01-06
8548667 Hands on steering wheel detect in lane centering operation 2013-10-01
7885730 Systems, methods and computer program products for lane change detection and handling of lane keeping torque Farhad Bolourchi 2011-02-08
7836991 Parking assist system with steering cues Farhad Bolourchi, Steven L. Tracht, Scott A. Millsap, Jon D. Demerly 2010-11-23
7793752 Method of determining boost direction in a power steering system Joel E. Birsching 2010-09-14
7711464 Steering system with lane keeping integration 2010-05-04
7510213 Adaptive energy absorber for steering column Marvin V. Manwaring, Richard K. Riefe, Ravi Ravindra, Ratko Menjak, Albert C. Huber 2009-03-31
7510038 Steering system with lane keeping integration Charmaine Wittig 2009-03-31
7404369 Watercraft steer-by-wireless system Steven L. Tracht, Stephen Gillman, Joseph G. D'Ambrosio, Barbara J. Czerny 2008-07-29
7380828 Stationary wheel hub Ratko Menjak, Stephen Gillman, Brian J. Magnus, Michael James Cole, Damir Menjak 2008-06-03
7150240 Method and apparatus for maneuvering a watercraft Stephen Gillman, Matt Jimkoski, Brian J. Magnus 2006-12-19
7036445 Watercraft steer-by-wire system James M. Petrowski, Scott A. Millsap, Stephen Gillman, James Card, Ashok Chandy 2006-05-02
6588540 Steer-by-wire redundant handwheel control David W. Graber, Brian J. Magnus 2003-07-08 $1,459,000
6535806 Tactile feedback control for steer-by-wire systems Scott A. Millsap, James M. Petrowski 2003-03-18 $1,317,000
6370460 Steer-by-wire system Michael Byers 2002-04-09 $3,524,000
6363305 Steer-by-wire system Michael Byers 2002-03-26 $2,302,000
5668722 Electric power steering control Ashok Chandy, Steven J. Collier-Hallman 1997-09-16