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Mark Steven Yamazaki — 148 Patents

Ford: 148 patents #60 of 17,473Top 1%
Canton, MI: #10 of 2,230 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #111 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,389 of 4,157,543Top 1%
148 Patents All Time
Mark Steven Yamazaki has been granted 148 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in January 2025. Mark Steven Yamazaki ranks #6,389 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.15%). Patent records list Mark Steven Yamazaki in Canton, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 32 patents in 2017.peak 322003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092011: 3 patents2013: 4 patents20132014: 10 patents2015: 14 patents20152016: 22 patents2017: 32 patents20172018: 15 patents2019: 14 patents20192020: 13 patents2021: 5 patents20212022: 6 patents2023: 3 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 148 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12194981 Method and system for adjusting a minimum driver demand wheel torque Yanan Zhao, Jason Meyer, Rajit Johri, Jeffrey Allen Doering 2025-01-14
11679751 Method and system for adjusting a minimum driver demand wheel torque Yanan Zhao, Jason Meyer, Rajit Johri, Jeffrey Allen Doering 2023-06-20 $18,748,000
11654875 Regenerative braking and anti-lock braking control system Yixin Yao, Yanan Zhao 2023-05-23 $8,947,000
11541775 Battery state of charge estimation system for a hybrid/electric vehicle Yixin Yao, Xiaohong Nina Duan, Richard Dyche Anderson 2023-01-03 $9,785,000
11351975 Hybrid-electric vehicle plug-out mode energy management Wei Liang, Xiaoyong Wang, Rajit Johri, Ryan Abraham McGee, Ming Lang Kuang 2022-06-07 $16,359,000
11345326 Methods and system for starting an internal combustion engine Jeffrey Allen Doering, Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jason Meyer, Rajit Johri, Ming Lang Kuang 2022-05-31 $13,322,000
11339740 Methods and system for managing fuel cut off for hybrid vehicles Yanan Zhao, Judhajit Roy, Christopher John Teslak, Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Rajit Johri 2022-05-24 $21,595,000
11292465 Roadway vehicle speed planning Yanan Zhao, Ming-Te Cheng, Girish Gokul Chennupalli, Alex Szczepaniak 2022-04-05 $17,876,000
11273713 Regenerative braking/anti-lock braking control system Yixin Yao, Yanan Zhao 2022-03-15 $29,679,000
11247663 Methods and systems for starting an engine Jeffrey Allen Doering, Wei Liang, Rajit Johri, Xiaoyong Wang, Ming Lang Kuang +4 more 2022-02-15 $22,376,000
11180125 Regenerative braking/anti-lock braking control system Yixin Yao, Yanan Zhao 2021-11-23 $29,431,000
11181191 Torque ratio bounds for automatic transmissions Gangarjun Veeramurthy, Jason Meyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering 2021-11-23 $29,431,000
11110806 Vehicle maneuver planning based on predicted battery power Yanan Zhao, Xiaohong Nina Duan, William David Treharne 2021-09-07 $15,695,000
10994721 Engine and motor control during wheel torque reversal in a hybrid vehicle Jason Meyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Bernard D. Nefcy 2021-05-04 $17,560,000
10948034 Methods and system for applying a driveline disconnect clutch Felix Nedorezov, Francis Thomas Connolly, Xiaoyong Wang, Hong Jiang 2021-03-16 $11,533,000
10836372 System and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle in park or neutral Jason Meyer, Rajit Johri, Mathew Alan Boesch, Chen Zhang 2020-11-17 $8,159,000
10829114 Vehicle target tracking Yixin Yao, Yucong Lin 2020-11-10 $6,316,000
10821963 Coordinating non-demand engine start and stop with gear shift Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Matthew John Shelton, Marvin Paul Kraska 2020-11-03 $3,829,000
10821966 Hybrid vehicle control system Jason Meyer, Rajit Johri 2020-11-03 $3,829,000
10774919 Systems and methods for improving driveline efficiencies of electrified vehicles Scott James Thompson, David Crist Gabriel, Walter Joseph Ortmann, Christopher Alan Lear 2020-09-15 $5,742,000
10759303 Autonomous vehicle route planning Xiaohong Nina Duan, Yanan Zhao 2020-09-01 $6,437,000
10752288 Lateral motion control for cornering and regenerative braking energy capture Girish Gokul Chennupalli 2020-08-25 $5,656,000
10737700 Hybrid/electric vehicle motor control during step-ratio transmission engagement Xiaoyong Wang, Rajit Johri, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Ming Lang Kuang, Wei Liang 2020-08-11 $5,266,000
10703215 Hybrid powertrain speed control Wei Liang, Rajit Johri, Xiaoyong Wang, Ming Lang Kuang, Jeffrey Allen Doering 2020-07-07 $2,344,000
10632986 Torque disturbance management system and method Chen Zhang 2020-04-28 $2,369,000