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Eric Gerd Schaefer — 10 Patents

Ford: 7 patents #2,535 of 17,473Top 15%
LKLeopold Kostal Gmbh & Co. Kg: 1 patents #94 of 226Top 45%
Farmington Hills, MI: #215 of 2,032 inventorsTop 15%
Michigan: #9,527 of 86,293 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Eric Gerd Schaefer has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in August 2021. Eric Gerd Schaefer ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Eric Gerd Schaefer in Farmington Hills, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11084353 Cabin purge for vehicle ventilating and cooling system Mark Allen Dearth, Paul Bryan Hoke, Lawrence C. Karas, Timothy James Hallifax, Rainer Vogt +2 more 2021-08-10 $15,392,000
10086704 System and method for modulating power to vehicle accessories during auto-start and auto-stop Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Farouq Mozip, Jonathan Wentworth, James C. Rollinson 2018-10-02 $2,827,000
10034574 Apparatus and method for controlling an espresso machine Mark Barnett 2018-07-31
9657976 Vehicular HVAC system with modified air recirculation for start-stop engine Kirk Pebley, Ranganathan Madhavan, Manfred Koberstein, James C. Rollinson 2017-05-23 $3,725,000
9248824 Rear defrost control in stop/start vehicle Eric Michael Rademacher, Kirk Pebley, James C. Rollinson 2016-02-02 $7,747,000
8893517 Vehicle air handling system Ranganathan Madhavan, Curtis Mark Jones, Manfred Koberstein, Kenneth G. Brown 2014-11-25 $15,189,000
6659360 Method and system for a two-second key hold convention for climate control Leighton Ira Davis, Jr., Gerhard A. Dage 2003-12-09 $21,144,000
6521868 Method and apparatus for heating a portion of a vehicle Christos Kyrtsos, Kenneth G. Brown, George Anderson 2003-02-18 $51,714,000
5508595 Method of controlling a windshield wiper system 1996-04-16
5453670 Method of controlling a windshield wiper system 1995-09-26