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John Downs — 7 Patents

Ford: 3 patents #4,990 of 17,473Top 30%
VCVolvo Car: 2 patents #276 of 1,202Top 25%
Salem, MA: #57 of 331 inventorsTop 20%
Massachusetts: #18,077 of 88,656 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
John Downs has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in August 2020. John Downs ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list John Downs in Salem, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10744906 System and method for seat retraction during an autonomous driving mode Ichiro Sugioka, Andreas Zinn, Douglas Hall Frasher 2020-08-18
9764756 Steering wheel assembly for retracting a steering wheel in a vehicle Ichiro Sugioka, Douglas Hall Frasher 2017-09-19
D686390 Padded pants Mike Hill 2013-07-23
7458635 Vehicle seat arrangement Kolita Mendis, Benny Sommerfeld, Blair Taylor 2008-12-02 $12,172,000
6474728 Adjustable pedalbox and floor for an automobile interior Kolita Mendis 2002-11-05 $15,972,000
6450530 Seating system with optimum visibilty Douglas Hall Frasher, Kolita Mendis, Kristina Jonsell, Ulla-Britt Frajdin-Hellqvist, Lars Jansson 2002-09-17 $22,299,000
D395938 French fry 1998-07-14