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Walter Joseph Ortmann

Ford: 85 patents #126 of 17,473Top 1%
Saline, MI: #5 of 509 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #317 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #20,023 of 4,157,543Top 1%
85 Patents All Time

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Showing 26–50 of 85 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10179582 Modular hybrid transmission with a one way clutch Daniel Scott Colvin, Bernard D. Nefcy 2019-01-15
10118605 Methods and system for a hybrid vehicle Yanan Zhao, Ming Lang Kuang 2018-11-06
10112596 Hybrid vehicle operating strategy during loss of motor controllability Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Francis Thomas Connolly 2018-10-30
10106150 Methods and system for operating a hybrid vehicle Yanan Zhao, Ming Lang Kuang 2018-10-23
10109176 Power generation shutdown alert Robert Wright 2018-10-23
10065626 Feed forward and feedback adjustment of motor torque during clutch engagement Qing Wang, Wei Liang, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Ryan Abraham McGee 2018-09-04
9988038 Methods and system for controlling torque flow through a torque converter Chen Zhang, Rajit Johri, Xiaoyong Wang, Ming Lang Kuang, Jeffrey Allen Doering +2 more 2018-06-05
9950705 Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling an engine disconnect clutch for engine start-up Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Felix Nedorezov, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Xiaoyong Wang 2018-04-24
9809212 Methods and system for launching a vehicle Chen Zhang, Rajit Johri, Ming Lang Kuang, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Xiaoyong Wang +2 more 2017-11-07
9738271 Hybrid electric vehicle and method for controlling a powertrain therein Daniel Scott Colvin, Marvin Paul Kraska 2017-08-22
9701304 Clutch control to enter powersplit hybrid powertrain parallel mode Bernard D. Nefcy, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin 2017-07-11
9657831 Methods and systems for improving hybrid vehicle cooling Bernard D. Nefcy, Marvin Paul Kraska 2017-05-23
9643512 Vehicle battery charge preparation for post-drive cycle power generation Brian Thomas Soo, Marvin Paul Kraska, Michael Duane Wallace 2017-05-09
9616895 Controlled regenerative braking torque incrementing in hybrid vehicle downshift Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Marvin Paul Kraska, Mark Steven Yamazaki 2017-04-11
9610940 Vehicle disconnect clutch pre-stroke strategy Todd McCullough, Brandon R. Masterson, Kimberly Trice 2017-04-04
9527505 Methods and system for operating a driveline disconnect clutch Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Todd McCullough, Felix Nedorezov, Akshay Bichkar, Stuart N. Ford 2016-12-27
9481360 Vehicle driveline damper oscillation control Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Steven Anatole Frait, Felix Nedorezov 2016-11-01
9458900 Pressure controlled driveline mechanical coupling Daniel Scott Colvin, Bernard D. Nefcy, Marvin Paul Kraska 2016-10-04
9421965 Method and apparatus for limiting engine torque to protect disconnect clutch in a hybrid vehicle Mark Steven Yamazaki, Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Francis Thomas Connolly 2016-08-23
9353801 Electrified vehicle powertrain clutch Bernard D. Nefacy, Brian Richard Light, Brian Thomas Soo 2016-05-31
9341262 Method and apparatus for driveline softening in a vehicle Bernard D. Nefcy, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin 2016-05-17
9296290 Multiple-ratio transmission downshift strategy for hybrid electric vehicle powertrains Daniel Scott Colvin, Brian Thomas Soo 2016-03-29
9296380 Prestroking engine disconnect clutch in a hybrid vehicle Francis Thomas Connolly, Todd McCullough, Brandon R. Masterson 2016-03-29
9254760 Controlling torque of a vehicle traction motor Shunsuke Okubo, Carol Louise Okubo, Marvin Paul Kraska 2016-02-09
9221456 Vehicle power generation mode control method Robert Wright 2015-12-29