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Benjamin Yilma — 66 Patents

Ford: 66 patents #184 of 17,473Top 2%
Canton, MI: #28 of 2,230 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #544 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #32,599 of 4,157,543Top 1%
66 Patents All Time
Benjamin Yilma has been granted 66 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in May 2025. Benjamin Yilma ranks #32,599 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.78%). Patent records list Benjamin Yilma in Canton, MI, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 66 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12311869 Seat assembly with deployable belt member Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Derek Board, Kevin Michael Pline +6 more 2025-05-27
12208716 Flexible upper frame adapter for traditional back frame and seat back assemblies Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, S M Akbar Berry, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Kevin Michael Pline +2 more 2025-01-28
11975680 Seat assembly with deployable belt member Johnathan Andrew Line, Rachel Demerly, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Robyne McBride, Marcos Silva Kondrad +2 more 2024-05-07 $9,896,000
11958435 Seat assembly with deployable belt member Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Derek Board, Kevin Michael Pline +6 more 2024-04-16 $33,880,000
11904794 Pet restraint system for a vehicle Pietro Buttolo, Stuart C. Salter, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Annette Lynn Huebner 2024-02-20 $10,304,000
11904795 Seat assembly with deployable belt member Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Derek Board, Kevin Michael Pline +6 more 2024-02-20 $10,304,000
11738677 Vehicle having deployable assist handle and method Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, Brendan Diamond, Lucretia Williams, Annette Lynn Huebner 2023-08-29 $11,639,000
11724568 Temperature regulating system for vehicle interior surfaces Sean Bayle West, Steven Nicholas Fidh, Dylan Mandelbaum, Andres Almeida Senatore, Otis Allen +3 more 2023-08-15 $10,154,000
11708016 Vehicle assist handle assembly having proximity sensor control Stuart C. Salter, Jim Baumbick, Annette Lynn Huebner, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock 2023-07-25 $14,693,000
11634098 Airbag supported by an armrest of a vehicle seat Johnathan Andrew Line, S. M. Akbar Berry, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Robyne McBride, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri +2 more 2023-04-25 $18,761,000
11364829 Seatback carrier with deployment hinge points S. M. Akbar Berry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Alan George Dry, Marcos Silva Kondrad 2022-06-21 $13,117,000
11318871 Movable armrest assembly for a vehicle Johnathan Andrew Line, Jimmy Moua, Deeptej Kudav, Keith Allen Godin, Nicholas Alphonse Billardello 2022-05-03 $17,433,000
11285853 Modular seating assembly Johnathan Andrew Line, Kevin Wayne Preuss, Sean Bayle West, Keith Allen Godin, Deeptej Kudav +4 more 2022-03-29 $23,955,000
11124147 Seat assembly with deployable belt member Johnathan Andrew Line, Sean Bayle West, Edward Joseph DeSmet, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Alan George Dry +5 more 2021-09-21 $11,561,000
11104252 Cushion support assembly for vehicle seating assembly Johnathan Andrew Line, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Sean Bayle West, Edward Joseph DeSmet +2 more 2021-08-31 $12,939,000
11091023 Wheel assembly Travis Justin Raines, Pattrick Loew, Brian Robert Spahn 2021-08-17 $15,508,000
11059399 Vehicle seating assembly Johnathan Andrew Line, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Jason Matthew Koberstein, Sean Bayle West, David Frederick Lyons 2021-07-13 $11,580,000
11021127 Vehicle airbag that forces a head restraint to a forward position during inflation of the airbag Chris Fredriksson, Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Michael Steven Medoro 2021-06-01 $16,907,000
10974626 Seat assembly with integrated belt member Spencer Robert Hoernke, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Johnathan Andrew Line, Sean Bayle West, Edward Joseph DeSmet +2 more 2021-04-13 $14,465,000
10933821 Seating assembly for a vehicle with emitters of ultraviolet C radiation to disinfect seatbelt webbing Johnathan Andrew Line, Daniel Ferretti, Michael Kolich, Scott Holmes Dunham, Edward Joseph DeSmet +1 more 2021-03-02 $9,336,000
10933784 Seat assembly with integrated belt restraint Edward Joseph DeSmet, Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Spencer Robert Hoernke 2021-03-02 $9,336,000
10926733 Vehicle including inflatable assembly supported by seat Alan George Dry, Brian Robert Spahn, Johnathan Andrew Line, S. M. Akbar Berry 2021-02-23 $10,735,000
10899279 Apparatus and method of securing an item for transport in a vehicle Saeed Chehade, James Cornell Weaver, Thomas J. Susko 2021-01-26 $11,486,000
10850699 Seat airbag Alan George Dry, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Johnathan Andrew Line, Brian Robert Spahn, Derek Board +1 more 2020-12-01 $13,336,000
10814818 Vehicle seating assembly with airbag carrier Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Brian Robert Spahn, S. M. Akbar Berry 2020-10-27 $4,497,000