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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.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2008.peak 72005: 4 patents20052006: 2 patents20062007: 6 patents20072008: 7 patents20082009: 3 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 5 patents20112012: 4 patents20122014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–34 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7240663 Internal combustion engine shut-down for engine having adjustable valves Donald J. Lewis, Dennis Craig Reed 2007-07-10 $9,344,000
7201140 Increased engine braking with adjustable valve timing Thomas Megli, Alex O'Connor Gibson, John Ottavio Michelini 2007-04-10 $30,517,000
7194993 Starting an engine with valves that may be deactivated Donald J. Lewis, John D. Russell, Thomas Megli 2007-03-27 $7,233,000
7079935 Valve control for an engine with electromechanically actuated valves Donald J. Lewis, John Ottavio Michelini, Gang Song 2006-07-18 $5,808,000
7055483 Quick starting engine with electromechanical valves Donald J. Lewis, John D. Russell 2006-06-06 $15,677,000
6959689 Engine expansion braking with adjustable valve timing Thomas Megli, Alex O'Connor Gibson, John Ottavio Michelini, Ilya Kolmanovsky, Davor Hrovat 2005-11-01 $9,411,000
6951198 Increased engine braking with adjustable intake valve timing Thomas Megli, Alex O'Connor Gibson, John Ottavio Michelini 2005-10-04 $22,744,000
6938598 Starting an engine with electromechanical valves Donald J. Lewis, John D. Russell 2005-09-06 $8,630,000
6871617 Method of correcting valve timing in engine having electromechanical valve actuation Vince Winstead, Ilya Kolmanovsky 2005-03-29 $17,101,000