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Douglas J. Wheeler — 33 Patents

ESEltech Systems: 10 patents #9 of 162Top 6%
ICInternational Fuel Cells: 6 patents #17 of 129Top 15%
TITeleflex Incorporated: 6 patents #15 of 178Top 9%
KAKongsberg Automotive: 4 patents #1 of 16Top 7%
UCUtc Fuel Cells: 2 patents #51 of 183Top 30%
ALAlcan International Limited: 2 patents #142 of 522Top 30%
KAKa Group Ag: 1 patents #16 of 54Top 30%
Farmington Hills, MI: #37 of 2,032 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #1,896 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
Douglas J. Wheeler has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at Eltech Systems. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in January 2021. Douglas J. Wheeler ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list Douglas J. Wheeler in Farmington Hills, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2000.peak 71985: 3 patents19851986: 2 patents1987: 1 patents19871988: 3 patents1989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911998: 1 patents2000: 7 patents20002001: 3 patents2002: 3 patents20022017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10899262 Bladder support system for a vehicle seat assembly 2021-01-26
10851908 Fluid routing device having a valve with first and second permanent magnets 2020-12-01
10471868 Lumbar support system for a vehicle seat assembly 2019-11-12
10363850 Headrest assembly for a vehicle seat Joseph M. Laperriere, III, Sai Pedaballe, Cha Xiong, Brian D. Cabble 2019-07-30
10240607 Blower assembly for a vehicle seat Daniel Josefson, Frank Dankbaar 2019-03-26
10118520 Ventilation device for a vehicle seat assembly Benjamin Craig, Zachary Abbott, Robert Case 2018-11-06
9701230 Headrest assembly for a vehicle seat Joseph M. Laperriere, III, Sai Pedaballe, Cha Xiong, Brian D. Cabble 2017-07-11
6387555 Selective oxidizer in cell stack manifold Thomas J. Corrigan, Leonard J. Bonville, Roger R. Lesieur, Derek W. Hildreth, Carl A. Reiser 2002-05-14
6382045 Single lever shift assembly for an electronically controlled transmission 2002-05-07 $11,167,000
6376114 Reformate fuel treatment system for a fuel cell power plant Leonard J. Bonville, Ned E. Cipollini, Jay Garow, Roger R. Lesieur, Donald F. Szydlowski +1 more 2002-04-23
6277509 Hydride bed water recovery system for a fuel cell power plant 2001-08-21 $64,834,000
6209418 Mechanical kickdown for electronic throttle control pedal assembly Avtar Kalsi 2001-04-03 $6,510,000
6207309 Environmental compensation method and apparatus for a fuel cell assembly Leonard J. Bonville 2001-03-27 $55,807,000
6127056 Start up of proton exchange membrane fuel cell Leonard J. Bonville 2000-10-03 $57,568,000
6103410 Start up of frozen fuel cell Thomas F. Fuller 2000-08-15 $28,361,000
6082217 Brake transmission shift interlock assembly 2000-07-04
6068941 Start up of cold fuel cell Thomas F. Fuller 2000-05-30 $50,545,000
6038939 Modular single lever assembly for shifting a vehicle transmission 2000-03-21 $2,995,000
6016717 Helical cable actuator for shift by wire system 2000-01-25 $9,833,000
6016049 Capacitive supercharger for electric shift mechanism James Baughman 2000-01-18 $10,443,000
5840414 Porous carbon body with increased wettability by water John A. S. Bett, Calvin L. Bushnell 1998-11-24 $17,738,000
5017217 Ceramic/metal or ceramic/ceramic composite article Thomas M. Clere, Gholamreza J. Abbaschian, Albert L. Barnes 1991-05-21
4961902 Method of manufacturing a ceramic/metal or ceramic/ceramic composite article Thomas M. Clere, Gholamreza J. Abbaschian, Albert L. Barnes 1990-10-09
4876941 Composite for protection against armor-piercing projectiles Albert L. Barnes, Thomas M. Clere, Gholamreza J. Abbaschian 1989-10-31
4788764 Method of making a unitized electrode assembly Marilyn J. Niksa, Gerald R. Pohto, Leslie K. Lakatos, Frank Solomon, Andrew J. Niksa +4 more 1988-12-06