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John Thomas Ricks — 22 Patents

Ford: 12 patents #1,503 of 17,473Top 9%
LILionel: 5 patents #9 of 31Top 30%
LTLiontech Trains: 5 patents #3 of 5Top 60%
Taylor, MI: #3 of 221 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #3,548 of 86,293 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
John Thomas Ricks has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in January 2023. John Thomas Ricks ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list John Thomas Ricks in Taylor, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2019.peak 52007: 1 patents20072008: 2 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 4 patents20182019: 5 patents2020: 2 patents20202022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11555336 Electronic safe door unlatching operations Robert Bruce Kleve, Jim Michael Weinfurther, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Ronald Patrick Brombach, Laura Viviana Hazebrouck +2 more 2023-01-17 $15,841,000
11466484 Powered latch system for vehicle doors and control system therefor H. Paul Tsvi Linden, Daniel Carl Bejune, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Kosta Papanikolaou, Noah Barlow Mass +4 more 2022-10-11 $21,635,000
10737560 Operating mechanism for rear hinged fully sealed independent side operating doors Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Ronald Patrick Brombach, Kosta Papanikolaou, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Henry W. Hausler +3 more 2020-08-11 $5,266,000
10584526 Priority driven power side door open/close operations H. Paul Tsvi Linden, John Eddy, III, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Spencer Hicks 2020-03-10 $4,157,000
10434429 Model train control system Louis G. Kovach, II, Neil Young, Mark E. Ricks 2019-10-08
10369870 Operating mechanism for rear hinged fully sealed independent side operating doors Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Ronald Patrick Brombach, Kosta Papanikolaou, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Henry W. Hausler +3 more 2019-08-06
10323444 Window short drop for a vehicle with an electronic latch Ronald Patrick Brombach, Howard Paul Tsvi Linden 2019-06-18 $6,003,000
10323442 Electronic safe door unlatching operations Robert Bruce Kleve, Jim Michael Weinfurther, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Ronald Patrick Brombach, Laura Viviana Hazebrouck +2 more 2019-06-18 $6,003,000
10227810 Priority driven power side door open/close operations H. Paul Tsvi Linden, John Eddy, III, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Spencer Hicks 2019-03-12 $9,208,000
10119308 Powered latch system for vehicle doors and control system therefor H. Paul Tsvi Linden, Daniel Carl Bejune, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Robert Bruce Kleve, Kosta Papanikolaou +4 more 2018-11-06 $3,872,000
10113338 Motor vehicle door lock status system and related method George Anthony Bernwanger, Jr., Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Pawan Gupta, Rajesh K. Patel 2018-10-30 $3,790,000
9937430 Model train control system Louis G. Kovach, II, Neil Young, Mark E. Ricks 2018-04-10
9937431 Model train control system Louis G. Kovach, II, Neil Young, Mark E. Ricks 2018-04-10
9850690 Motor vehicle door lock status system and related method George Anthony Bernwanger, Jr., Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Pawan Gupta, Rajesh K. Patel 2017-12-26 $3,647,000
9487140 Closure lock status display system and related method Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Rafic Jergess, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Laura Viviana Hazebrouck 2016-11-08 $6,570,000
8892276 Model train control system Neil Young, Louis G. Kovach, II, Mark E. Ricks 2014-11-18
8393931 System and method for redirecting smoke effects in a model vehicle Bruce R. Koball, Richard James Mosher, Tyler Brooks 2013-03-12
8154227 Model train control system Neil Young, Louis G. Kovach, II, Mark E. Ricks 2012-04-10
7926427 Force sensitive coupler for trains Mark E. Ricks, Neil Young, Louis G. Kovach, II 2011-04-19
7458545 System for sending commands to train cars based on location in train Louis G. Kovach, II, Neil Young, Mark E. Ricks 2008-12-02
7437642 Model train command protocol using front and back error bytes Louis G. Kovach, II, Neil Young 2008-10-14
7264208 Control for operating features of a model vehicle Louis G. Kovach, II, Neil Young, James M. Rohde 2007-09-04