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Nate Trask — 34 Patents

Ford: 34 patents #442 of 17,473Top 3%
Dearborn, MI: #38 of 1,494 inventorsTop 3%
Michigan: #1,801 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Nate Trask has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in July 2014. Nate Trask ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Nate Trask in Dearborn, MI, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8763582 Engine starting for engine having adjustable valve operation and port fuel injection Donald J. Lewis, Vince Winstead 2014-07-01 $22,425,000
8245691 Engine and exhaust heating Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Gopichandra Surnilla 2012-08-21 $8,440,000
8249795 Method for detection of emissions levels during extended engine speed controlled operation Gopichandra Surnilla, Bala Chander, Shane Elwart, Stephen B. Smith 2012-08-21 $8,440,000
8181629 Engine and exhaust heating for hybrid vehicle Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Gopichandra Surnilla 2012-05-22 $17,253,000
8118008 Engine and exhaust heating Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Gopichandra Surnilla 2012-02-21 $17,461,000
8032291 Method for detection of emissions levels during extended engine speed controlled operation Gopichandra Surnilla, Bala Chander, Shane Elwart, Stephen B. Smith 2011-10-04 $37,352,000
7997252 Engine and exhaust heating for hybrid vehicle Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Gopichandra Surnilla 2011-08-16 $23,862,000
7950368 Engine and exhaust heating Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Gopichandra Surnilla 2011-05-31 $54,615,000
7930087 Vehicle braking control Alex O'Connor Gibson, Dennis Craig Reed, Ilya Kolmanovsky 2011-04-19 $75,118,000
7865290 Valve control synchronization and error detection in an electronic valve actuation engine system Alex O'Connor Gibson, Donald J. Lewis, Brian C. Moorhead, Vincent J. Winstead 2011-01-04 $44,247,000
7762232 Engine and exhaust heating for hybrid vehicle Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Gopichandra Surnilla 2010-07-27 $24,096,000
7748355 Approach for facilitating engine mode transitions Thomas Megli, Donald J. Lewis 2010-07-06 $23,668,000
7571709 Method for stopping and starting an internal combustion engine having a variable event valvetrain Donald J. Lewis 2009-08-11 $65,015,000
7530343 Engine expansion braking with adjustable valve timing Thomas Megli, Alex O'Connor Gibson, John Ottavio Michelini, Ilya Kolmanovsky, Davor Hrovat 2009-05-12 $38,671,000
7503301 Throttle position control during an engine start Gang Song 2009-03-17 $12,356,000
7426916 Multi-stroke internal combustion engine for facilitation of auto-ignition operation Dennis Craig Reed, Alex O'Connor Gibson 2008-09-23 $11,041,000
7415967 Manifold pressure control for a variable event valvetrain Thomas Megli 2008-08-26 $27,859,000
7401606 Multi-stroke cylinder operation in an internal combustion engine Donald J. Lewis, John D. Russell, Thomas Megli 2008-07-22 $24,921,000
7392786 Internal combustion engine shut-down for engine having adjustable valves Donald J. Lewis, Dennis Craig Reed 2008-07-01 $32,037,000
7373923 Variable event valvetrain operation during an engine start Thomas Megli 2008-05-20 $11,449,000
7320307 Manifold pressure control for a variable event valvetrain Thomas Megli 2008-01-22 $11,423,000
7320300 Multi-stroke cylinder operation in an internal combustion engine Donald J. Lewis, John D. Russell, Thomas Megli 2008-01-22 $11,423,000
7296550 Starting an engine having a variable event valvetrain Gang Song 2007-11-20 $19,959,000
7280909 Valve control for an engine with electromechanically actuated valves Donald J. Lewis, John Ottavio Michelini, Gang Song 2007-10-09 $21,625,000
7260467 Cylinder deactivation method to minimize drivetrain torsional disturbances Thomas Megli 2007-08-21 $10,153,000