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Michael W. Degner — 298 Patents

Ford: 294 patents #10 of 17,473Top 1%
GE: 2 patents #13,632 of 36,430Top 40%
TAThyssen Krupp Stahl Ag: 1 patents #27 of 100Top 30%
Novi, MI: #2 of 1,560 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #24 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #1,336 of 4,157,543Top 1%
298 Patents All Time
Michael W. Degner has been granted 298 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2025. Michael W. Degner ranks #1,336 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.03%). Patent records list Michael W. Degner in Novi, MI, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 298 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12447853 Energy facility arranged to prioritize favorable energy management actions to happen earlier and non-favorable energy management actions to happen later Lap-Fai Yu 2025-10-21
12427870 Methods and system for improving electric machine efficiency Chris Wolf, Yue Nie 2025-09-30
12424891 Adhesive mixture including hard magnetic material for e-machine rotor Franco Leonardi, Chuanbing Rong, Chun Tang, Wanfeng Li 2025-09-23
12417658 Vehicle fault prediction Chris Wolf, Nicholas B. Chase 2025-09-16
12409738 Pulsed torque command with adjustable magnitude for electric machine torque control Chris Wolf, Yue Nie, Monty J. Anderson 2025-09-09
12385758 Location-synchronous averaging of connected vehicle data Christopher Wolf 2025-08-12
12381026 Systems and methods for demagnetization of a permanent magnet rotor Wanfeng Li, Franco Leonardi 2025-08-05
12362607 Stator with serpentine coolant path on the outer surface Franco Leonardi 2025-07-15
12334255 Net shape processing of permanent magnet by field assisted sintering Wanfeng Li 2025-06-17
12308649 Control of vehicle and home energy storage systems Lan Yu 2025-05-20
12294321 Methods and system for estimating electric machine position offset Yingfeng Ji, Yang Xu, Jiyao Wang 2025-05-06
12243683 Additive manufacturing of ND—FE—B magnets with insulating layers Wanfeng Li, Franco Leonardi 2025-03-04
12237105 Additive manufacturing of permanent magnets with post processing Wanfeng Li 2025-02-25
12233723 Contained package for automotive inverter and y-snubber components Krishna Prasad Bhat, Chingchi Chen, Nitin Parsa, Varittha Sanphuang, Hongjie Wu 2025-02-25
12238908 Vehicle power module assembly Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar, Alfredo R. Munoz, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Guangyin Lei 2025-02-25
12237103 Electrical steel lamination stacks with magnetic insulator coating for electrical apparatus cores Leyi Zhu, Franco Leonardi 2025-02-25
12170456 Control of vehicle and home energy storage systems Lan Yu 2024-12-17 $19,597,000
12113413 Electrified vehicle having electric machine stator with embedded wire support overmold Franco Leonardi, Man Prakash Gupta, Christopher White, Steven C. White, Gary T. Martini +1 more 2024-10-08 $17,043,000
12106892 Method for three-dimensional printing of magnetic materials Chuanbing Rong, Feng Liang, Leyi Zhu 2024-10-01 $16,962,000
12097776 Electrified vehicle motor control during tow Ji Wu, Yang Xu, Wei Wu 2024-09-24 $23,807,000
12088156 Rotor position-based ramp rate to reduce vehicle harshness during active discharge Ji Wu, Wei Wu 2024-09-10 $32,617,000
12071021 Electric machine and control system for a vehicle powered by the electric machine Wenbo Liu, Jiyao Wang 2024-08-27 $18,795,000
12046399 Reduction of cracks in additively manufactured Nd—Fe—B magnet Wanfeng Li, Chuanbing Rong 2024-07-23 $9,452,000
11979068 Electric machine with locally-tuned properties Leyi Zhu, Feng Liang 2024-05-07 $9,896,000
11955851 Hairpin winding electric machine with multi-conductor hairpin assemblies Feng Liang 2024-04-09 $10,890,000