Herbert Gruber — 19 Patents at Ford

Herbert Gruber has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in May 2012. Herbert Gruber ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Herbert Gruber in Markham, ON, CA.

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Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
8167341	Swing gate latch system	Miguel Waldner	2012-05-01	$68,915,000
D613204	Vehicle	David B. Busch, Rollin E. Nothwehr, John E. Waters, Lyle Shuey, David Lauzun +12 more	2010-04-06
7556303	Lift gate latch transfer mechanism	Miguel Waldner, Christopher T. Archutowski, Brad Stewart	2009-07-07	$57,990,000
7547056	Swing and fold down tailgate actioning mechanism	Miguel Waldner, Rich Boatright	2009-06-16	$51,507,000
7267387	Pivoted lock rod supports for supplemental vehicle tailgate	Steve Bruford, Scott G. Miller, Kian-Huat Tan, David Tuck	2007-09-11	$11,656,000
7229116	Lock rod supports stowed in D-pillar of vehicle	Steve Bruford, Kian-Huat Tan, Rudy Gruber	2007-06-12	$13,869,000
7070222	Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate pivot release	Stephen Bruford, Kian-Huat Tan	2006-07-04
7001169	Machine for processing synthetic materials	Helmut Naderhirn	2006-02-21
6983972	Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate having latching mechanism	Kian-Huat Tan	2006-01-10	$9,698,000
6966595	Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate having lock rod supports	Stephen Bruford, David Tuck, Kian-Huat Tan	2005-11-22	$13,098,000
6935671	Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate having vertical extension mode	Stephen Bruford, Kian-Huat Tan	2005-08-30	$15,134,000
6923488	Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate pivot release	Stephen Bruford, Kian-Huat Tan	2005-08-02	$14,298,000
6918624	Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate having a flip out step	Scott G. Miller, Stephen Bruford, Kian-Huat Tan	2005-07-19	$24,858,000
6811730	Injection moulding process	Johann Voggeneder, Manfred Kapfer	2004-11-02
6773047	Lift assist mechanism for vehicle tailgates	—	2004-08-10
6612621	Modular fuel filler system	G. Clarke Oberheide	2003-09-02	$4,014,000
6325240	Refueling cap assembly	—	2001-12-04	$3,307,000
6092685	Capless refueling assembly	—	2000-07-25	$4,047,000
4875724	Hood latch mechanism	—	1989-10-24	$813,000

Herbert Gruber — 19 Patents

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