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John O'Rear — 3 Patents

Ford: 3 patents #4,990 of 17,473Top 30%
Iron River, MI: #98 of 361 inventorsTop 30%
Michigan: #27,426 of 86,293 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
John O'Rear has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in June 2009. John O'Rear ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list John O'Rear in Iron River, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2004.peak 12004: 1 patents20042008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7553255 Locker clutch control for a differential mechanism Joe Jay Torres, Peter James Barrette, Patrick Meloche, Dana Joseph Katinas 2009-06-30 $102,325,000
7395891 Engine torque truncation method for a four-wheel drive vehicle Peter James Barrette, John Glab, Joseph Jay Torres, Brian Hildreth 2008-07-08 $16,543,000
6793034 Wheel-end and center axle disconnects for an electric or HEV Abbas Raftari, Curtis Tyson, Joanne Woestman, Vijay Garg 2004-09-21 $30,744,000