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John H. Tanzer — 6 Patents

Ford: 6 patents #2,924 of 17,473Top 20%
Troy, MI: #532 of 2,712 inventorsTop 20%
Michigan: #15,817 of 86,293 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
John H. Tanzer has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in September 2001. John H. Tanzer ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list John H. Tanzer in Troy, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1992.peak 11992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19961999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6286379 Method for shifting multi-speed axles John L. Yester, Michael Glenn Fodor 2001-09-11
6095005 Axle drivetrain having speed reduction gear unit for automotive vehicles Tim Howard, Binod Kumar Agrawal 2000-08-01 $33,370,000
5888165 Multiple-speed axle mechanism Ernie Besler, Rex Corless 1999-03-30 $62,974,000
5538482 Multiple-speed axle mechanism providing overdrive and direct drive Ernie Besler, Rex Corless, Suresh C. Bansal 1996-07-23 $23,154,000
5429221 All-wheel drive free-wheel mechanism for a motor vehicle 1995-07-04
5101688 Driveline engagement/disengagement Shairyl I. Pearce, David J. Rutkowski, Rudolf Beim 1992-04-07 $18,254,000