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Bert Pingen — 7 Patents

Ford: 7 patents #2,535 of 17,473Top 15%
Rheinbach, DE: #8 of 82 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Bert Pingen has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in April 2018. Bert Pingen ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Bert Pingen in Rheinbach, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2015.peak 42015: 4 patents20152017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9951664 Method for heating the engine oil of an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine for performing such a method Hans Guenter Quix, Michael Tobergte, Kay Hohenboeken, Jan Mehring 2018-04-24 $5,563,000
9784172 Liquid-cooled internal combustion engine with selector guide valve, and method for controlling the selector guide valve of an internal combustion engine of said type Michael Tobergte, Bernd Steiner, Kay Hohenboeken, Stefan Quiring, Jan Mehring 2017-10-10 $4,029,000
9556804 Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and method for operating a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine Michael Tobergte, Carsten Weber, Kay Hohenboeken, Helmut Hans Ruhland 2017-01-31 $8,006,000
9194279 Thermostat with locking arms for coolant filling Kay Hohenboeken, Michael Tobergte, Stefan Quiring, Richard Fritsche 2015-11-24 $8,107,000
9169834 Disengageable coolant pump for engine Michael Tobergte, Bernd Schumacher, Jan Mehring, Kay Hohenboeken 2015-10-27 $5,691,000
9032915 Independent cooling of cylinder head and block Michael Tobergte, Bernd Schumacher, Jan Mehring 2015-05-19 $12,976,000
8944026 Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and method for operating a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine Michael Tobergte, Carsten Weber, Kay Hohenboeken, Helmut Hans Ruhland 2015-02-03 $15,235,000