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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 51–75 of 85 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9187086 Clutch control to enter powersplit hybrid powertrain parallel mode Bernard D. Nefcy, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin 2015-11-17
9187087 Control of powersplit transmission for an electric vehicle Douglas Raymond Martin 2015-11-17
9168825 Hybrid electric vehicle and method for controlling a powertrain therein Daniel Scott Colvin, Marvin Paul Kraska 2015-10-27
9145049 Pressure controlled driveline mechanical coupling Daniel Scott Colvin, Bernard D. Nefcy, Marvin Paul Kraska 2015-09-29
9080668 Method and apparatus for driveline softening utilizing a vehicle to cloud to vehicle system Bernard D. Nefcy, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin 2015-07-14
9073547 Entering and exiting parallel operation of a powersplit hybrid powertrain Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Marvin Paul Kraska 2015-07-07
9037329 Lash zone detection in a hybrid vehicle Bernard D. Nefcy, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin 2015-05-19
9033075 Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Brandon R. Masterson, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin, Steve Reeves, IV 2015-05-19
8911324 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 2014-12-16
8903578 Hybrid vehicle control utilizing grade data Mark Steven Yamazaki, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin 2014-12-02
8874292 Engine start for a hybrid electric vehicle Mark Steven Yamazaki, Francis Thomas Connolly, Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Christopher Alan Lear 2014-10-28
8834320 Hybrid vehicle and control for a clutch engaging event Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Marvin Paul Kraska, Brian Thomas Soo 2014-09-16
8818658 Active damping during clutch engagement for engine start Qing Wang, Wei Liang, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Ming Lang Kuang 2014-08-26
8721496 Transmission control during regenerative braking Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Marvin Paul Kraska, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Fazal Urrahman Syed 2014-05-13
8565990 Vehicle and method for controlling engine start in a vehicle Daniel Scott Colvin, Brandon R. Masterson, Reid Alan Baldwin, Andrew J. Silveri, Francis Thomas Connolly +1 more 2013-10-22
8540604 Transmission control during regenerative braking Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Scott Colvin, Marvin Paul Kraska, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Fazal Urrahman Syed 2013-09-24
8538643 Active damping during clutch engagement for engine start Qing Wang, Wei Liang, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Ming Lang Kuang 2013-09-17
8500589 Hybrid electric vehicle powertrain with an enhanced all-electric drive mode Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar 2013-08-06
8371405 Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Brandon R. Masterson, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin, Steve Reeves, IV 2013-02-12
8192324 Vehicle and method for controlling engine start in a vehicle Marvin Paul Kraska, Brandon R. Masterson, Daniel Scott Colvin, Francis Thomas Connolly, Andrew J. Silveri 2012-06-05
8142329 Controlling torque in a flywheel powertrain 2012-03-27
8122986 Powertrain and method for controlling a powertrain in a vehicle Daniel Scott Colvin 2012-02-28
8033349 Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Brandon R. Masterson, Marvin Paul Kraska, Daniel Scott Colvin, Steve Reeves, IV 2011-10-11
7517298 Power-on downshift control for a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain 2009-04-14
7503875 Ratio shift control for a multiple ratio automatic transmission Yuji Fujii, Marvin Paul Kraska, Gregory Michael Pletron, William Emil Tobler, Bradley Dean Riedle +2 more 2009-03-17