Robert E. Hetrick has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford . The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in October 2014. Robert E. Hetrick ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Robert E. Hetrick in Dearborn Heights, MI, US.
Patents per Year Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2014 Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1981. peak 3 1981: 3 patents 1981 1982: 1 patents 1983: 2 patents 1983 1984: 1 patents 1985: 1 patents 1985 1986: 1 patents 1988: 1 patents 1988 1989: 3 patents 1991: 1 patents 1991 1994: 2 patents 1995: 1 patents 1995 1997: 1 patents 1998: 2 patents 1998 2000: 2 patents 2002: 1 patents 2002 2010: 1 patents 2014: 1 patents 2014
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Showing 1–25 of 25 patents
Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx Value ⓘ
8857279
Analyte screening and detection systems and methods
William P. Hanson , Maureen A. Dyer , Jennifer A. Oberholtzer
2014-10-14
7691602
Agricultural screening system and method for detection of infectious microorganisms
William P. Hanson , Maureen A. Dyer , Jennifer A. Oberholtzer , David E. Young
2010-04-06
6404028
Adhesion resistant micromachined structure and coating
Xia Zhang
2002-06-11
$80,763,000
6145763
Carbonaceous deposit-resistant coating for fuel injectors
Jonathan Edward Fleming , Michael H. Parsons , William Martin Sheeran , Xia Zhang
2000-11-14
$64,792,000
6096149
Method for fabricating adhesion-resistant micromachined devices
Xia Zhang
2000-08-01
$33,370,000
5771873
Carbonaceous deposit-resistant coating for engine components
Timothy J. Potter , Xia Zhang , William C. Vassell , Michael Raymond Rigley
1998-06-30
$41,334,000
5725151
Electrospray fuel injection
Michael H. Parsons
1998-03-10
$42,389,000
5671716
Fuel injection system and strategy
Harold Sean Hilbert , Michael H. Parsons , William Francis Stockhausen
1997-09-30
$39,674,000
5389224
Capacitive A/F sensor
—
1995-02-14
$20,330,000
5310474
Workfunction based A/F sensor
Allen L. Schamp
1994-05-10
$17,141,000
5275712
Wide range workfunction based A/F sensor
Allen L. Schamp
1994-01-04
$19,009,000
5000050
Mass-flow sensor using aerodynamic damping
—
1991-03-19
$13,335,000
4887032
Resonant vibrating structure with electrically driven wire coil and vibration sensor
—
1989-12-12
$17,248,000
4841934
Oxygen pumping device for control of the air fuel ratio
Eleftherios M. Logothetis , Richard E. Soltis , William C. Vassell
1989-06-27
$13,555,000
4806859
Resonant vibrating structures with driving sensing means for noncontacting position and pick up sensing
—
1989-02-21
$9,671,000
4739664
Absolute fluid pressure sensor
—
1988-04-26
$31,670,000
4615772
Electrochemical gas sensor
—
1986-10-07
$9,016,000
4544470
Electrochemical photocatalytic structure
—
1985-10-01
$6,572,000
4435742
Electrochemical transistor structure with two spaced electrochemical cells
—
1984-03-06
$7,002,000
4396466
Absolute pressure sensor
William A. Fate
1983-08-02
$8,978,000
4381224
Step function lean burn oxygen sensor
William A. Fate
1983-04-26
$20,638,000
4332003
Electrochemical analog transistor structure with two spaced solid electrochemical cells
—
1982-05-25
$4,417,000
4272329
Steady state mode oxygen sensor and method
William A. Fate
1981-06-09
$3,081,000
4272330
Transient mode oxygen sensor and method
—
1981-06-09
$3,081,000
4272331
Oscillatory mode oxygen sensor and method
—
1981-06-09
$3,081,000