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James Michael Kerns — 131 Patents

Ford: 131 patents #65 of 17,473Top 1%
Trenton, MI: #1 of 141 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #139 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #8,309 of 4,157,543Top 1%
131 Patents All Time

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Showing 51–75 of 131 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8394542 System and method to operate a fuel cell in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine Shane Elwart, Gopichandra Surnilla, David Karl Bidner 2013-03-12
8375701 Hydrocarbon retaining and purging system Jason Aaron Lupescu, Shane Elwart, Michael James Uhrich, Harendra S. Gandhi 2013-02-19
8354016 Dual mode oxygen sensor Harry Burleson 2013-01-15
8341947 System and method for regenerating a particulate filter Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, David Karl Bidner, Helmut Hans Ruhland, Moritz Klaus Springer, Thomas Lorenz +5 more 2013-01-01
8333063 Hydrocarbon retaining system and method Shane Elwart, Michael James Uhrich, Jason Aaron Lupescu 2012-12-18
8311708 Adjustable grill shutter system 2012-11-13
8271183 Approach for controlling a vehicle engine that includes an electric boosting device Michael James Uhrich, Gopichandra Surnilla 2012-09-18
8261531 Hydrocarbon retaining system for flex-fuel combustion engine Harendra S. Gandhi, Michael James Uhrich, Shane Elwart, Jason Aaron Lupescu 2012-09-11
8230826 Selectively storing reformate Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Gopichandra Surnilla 2012-07-31
8215291 Method and system for fuel vapor control Timothy DeBastos, Russell Randall Pearce, Scott A. Bohr, Patrick Sullivan, Christopher Kragh +6 more 2012-07-10
8192877 System and method to operate fuel cell in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine Shane Elwart, Gopichandra Surnilla, David Karl Bidner 2012-06-05
8166957 Exhaust treatment system for internal combustion engine Jason Aaron Lupescu, Daniel Joseph Styles, Michael James Uhrich, Stephen B. Smith, David A. May 2012-05-01
8161733 Hydrocarbon retaining and purging system Michael James Uhrich, Stephen B. Smith, Shane Elwart, Jason Aaron Lupescu 2012-04-24
8145409 Approach for determining exhaust gas sensor degradation Timothy Joseph Clark 2012-03-27
8132400 Controlled air-fuel ratio modulation during catalyst warm up based on universal exhaust gas oxygen sensor input Eric Matthew Storhok, Imad Hassan Makki, Ed A. Schoenberg 2012-03-13
8112985 Hydrocarbon retaining system configuration for combustion engine Michael James Uhrich, Shane Elwart, Jason Aaron Lupescu 2012-02-14
8099947 Control and diagnostic approach for emission control device Imad Hassan Makki, Michael James Uhrich, Michael Igor Kluzner 2012-01-24
8056540 Method and system for fuel vapor control Timothy DeBastos, Russell Randall Pearce, Scott A. Bohr, Patrick Sullivan, Christopher Kragh +6 more 2011-11-15
7987837 Exhaust treatment system for internal combustion engine Jason Aaron Lupescu, Daniel Joseph Styles, Michael James Uhrich, Stephen B. Smith, David A. May 2011-08-02
7987840 Delay compensated air/fuel control of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle Stephen William Magner, Mrdjan J. Jankovic, Alan Robert Dona 2011-08-02
7918214 System and method for improving fuel vapor purging for an engine having a compressor Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Thomas G. Leone, Gopichandra Surnilla, Ross Dykstra Pursifull 2011-04-05
7913672 Hydrocarbon retaining and purging system Shane Elwart, Jason Aaron Lupescu, Michael James Uhrich 2011-03-29
7870848 Reducing fuel-vapor emissions by vortex effect Shane Elwart, Michael Igor Kluzner 2011-01-18
7870723 System and method to operate fuel cell in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine Shane Elwart, Gopichandra Surnilla, David Karl Bidner 2011-01-18
7846595 System and method to operate a fuel cell in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine Shane Elwart, Gopichandra Surnilla, David Karl Bidner 2010-12-07