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Wanfeng Li — 22 Patents

Ford: 22 patents #755 of 17,473Top 5%
Novi, MI: #113 of 1,560 inventorsTop 8%
Michigan: #3,548 of 86,293 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Wanfeng Li has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in September 2025. Wanfeng Li ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Wanfeng Li in Novi, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2025.peak 62017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents20212022: 2 patents20222023: 3 patents20232024: 4 patents20242025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12424891 Adhesive mixture including hard magnetic material for e-machine rotor Franco Leonardi, Chuanbing Rong, Chun Tang, Michael W. Degner 2025-09-23
12381026 Systems and methods for demagnetization of a permanent magnet rotor Franco Leonardi, Michael W. Degner 2025-08-05
12334255 Net shape processing of permanent magnet by field assisted sintering Michael W. Degner 2025-06-17
12327669 Power inductor with variable width air gap Myung Ki Sung, Leyi Zhu 2025-06-10
12243683 Additive manufacturing of ND—FE—B magnets with insulating layers Franco Leonardi, Michael W. Degner 2025-03-04
12237105 Additive manufacturing of permanent magnets with post processing Michael W. Degner 2025-02-25
12046399 Reduction of cracks in additively manufactured Nd—Fe—B magnet Chuanbing Rong, Michael W. Degner 2024-07-23 $9,452,000
11948733 Processing of anisotropic permanent magnet without magnetic field Chuanbing Rong, Franco Leonardi, Michael W. Degner 2024-04-02 $19,923,000
11920224 Additive manufacture of anisotropic rare earth magnets Feng Liang, Michael W. Degner 2024-03-05 $10,764,000
11923133 Additive manufacturing of Nd-Fe-B magnets with insulating layers Franco Leonardi, Michael W. Degner 2024-03-05 $10,764,000
11637467 Adhesive mixture including hard magnetic material for e-machine rotor Franco Leonardi, Chuanbing Rong, Chun Tang, Michael W. Degner 2023-04-25 $18,761,000
11631518 Power inductor with variable width air gap Myung Ki Sung, Leyi Zhu 2023-04-18 $13,247,000
11610718 Electrical inductor device Chuanbing Rong, Michael W. Degner 2023-03-21 $12,184,000
11417462 One-step processing of magnet arrays Michael W. Degner, Franco Leonardi 2022-08-16 $23,092,000
11232903 Additive manufacture of anisotropic rare earth magnets Feng Liang, Michael W. Degner 2022-01-25 $35,126,000
11043319 Separation of manganese bismuth powders Feng Liang 2021-06-22 $18,227,000
11004600 Permanent magnet and method of making permanent magnet Feng Liang, Michael W. Degner 2021-05-11 $11,202,000
10737328 Method of manufacturing a manganese bismuth alloy — 2020-08-11 $5,266,000
10706997 Preparation of MnBi LTP magnet by direct sintering — 2020-07-07 $2,344,000
10347406 Internally segmented magnets — 2019-07-09 $4,116,000
10079084 Fine-grained Nd—Fe—B magnets having high coercivity and energy density — 2018-09-18 $5,291,000
9818516 High temperature hybrid permanent magnet C Bing Rong, Leyi Zhu, Feng Liang, Michael W. Degner, Jun Yang 2017-11-14 $6,779,000

Frequent Collaborators

Michael W. Degner15 shared
Franco Leonardi7 shared
Chuanbing Rong5 shared
Feng Liang5 shared
Leyi Zhu3 shared
Myung Ki Sung2 shared

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