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Thomas Edward Smith — 27 Patents

Ford: 23 patents #713 of 17,473Top 5%
ATAT&T: 2 patents #7,295 of 18,772Top 40%
GSGeneral Dynamics Advanced Technology Systems: 1 patents #11 of 36Top 35%
WEWestinghouse Electric: 1 patents #3,394 of 5,212Top 70%
Livonia, MI: #38 of 1,586 inventorsTop 3%
Michigan: #2,576 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Thomas Edward Smith has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in December 2025. Thomas Edward Smith ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Thomas Edward Smith in Livonia, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2023.peak 51980: 1 patents19801995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19962002: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162018: 2 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 5 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12506195 Liquid curable thermal barrier compositions for electrochemical cells Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Brian Utley, Mohammadreza Eftekhari 2025-12-23
12482880 Battery pack assembly having a thermal barrier and method of thermal control within a battery pack Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Brian Utley, James Lawrence Swoish, Nihar Kotak 2025-11-25
12420729 Electrified vehicle battery packs with polymer-based enclosures Patrick Daniel Maguire, Kanchana Perumalla, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Saravanan Paramasivam, James Maurice Boileau 2025-09-23
12288893 Enclosure seal system and sealing method Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson, Kimberly Ann Lazarz, Zachary Schultz 2025-04-29
12012058 Electrified vehicle battery packs with polymer-based enclosures Patrick Daniel Maguire, Kanchana Perumalla, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Saravanan Paramasivam, James Maurice Boileau 2024-06-18 $15,584,000
11848459 Barrier seal assemblies for sealing vehicle electrical housings Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson, Christopher William Coyne 2023-12-19 $15,553,000
11772500 Traction battery pack thermal management assembly Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Holly M. Whetstone, Mohammadreza Eftekhari 2023-10-03 $11,364,000
11777170 Battery pack enclosure with turned flange Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Himanshu Khandelwal, Melissa Kathryn Christensen, Dave Moschet, Saravanan Paramasivam +1 more 2023-10-03 $11,364,000
11652253 Enclosure seal and sealing method Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson, Christopher William Coyne 2023-05-16 $11,498,000
11634020 Electrified vehicle battery packs with tear-away service panels Barry Shepherd, Patrick Daniel Maguire 2023-04-25 $18,761,000
11133550 Electrified vehicle battery packs with tear-away service panels Barry Shepherd, Patrick Daniel Maguire 2021-09-28 $17,128,000
10107398 Extruded gasket side by side end cut system Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson 2018-10-23 $3,167,000
9938928 Engine cover having a retainer to secure an engine accessory Frank Acierno Valencia 2018-04-10 $4,546,000
9284937 Method for manufacturing engine cover having a retainer to secure an engine accessory Frank Acierno Valencia 2016-03-15 $6,412,000
9097148 System for improving engine crankcase ventilation via a conduit Gary David Liimatta, Frank Acierno Valencia 2015-08-04 $11,847,000
8800518 Engine cover having a retainer to secure an engine accessory Frank Acierno Valencia 2014-08-12 $31,843,000
8794203 Valve cover with decoupled NVH isolation and sealing features 2014-08-05 $16,707,000
8607768 System for improving engine crankcase ventilation Frank Acierno Valencia, Roy A. Ford 2013-12-17 $18,037,000
8567375 System for improving engine crankcase ventilation via a conduit Gary David Liimatta, Frank Acierno Valencia 2013-10-29 $17,339,000
8256395 Engine cover having a retainer to secure an engine accessory Frank Acierno Valencia 2012-09-04 $12,087,000
8141531 Valve cover with decoupled NVH isolation and sealing features Abdelkrim Zouani 2012-03-27 $15,893,000
8065983 Engine cover having a retainer to secure an engine accessory Frank Acierno Valencia 2011-11-29 $27,607,000
7509951 Internal combustion engine cover with electronic module 2009-03-31 $22,304,000
6476534 Permanent magnet phase-control motor William Edward Vanderbeck, Gregory Weston Terpay, Ka-Shu Lee, George G. Zipfel, Jr., Victor G. Mishkevich 2002-11-05 $143,580,000
5493165 Force generator for electrostrictive actuators Robert Zappulla, George G. Zipfel, Jr. 1996-02-20