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Weitian Chen — 34 Patents

Ford: 18 patents #974 of 17,473Top 6%
CKChinese University Of Hong Kong: 6 patents #25 of 734Top 4%
UVUniversity of Virginia: 4 patents #114 of 1,170Top 10%
GE: 4 patents #8,262 of 36,430Top 25%
Haa Chong, CN: #1 of 1 inventorsTop 100%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Weitian Chen has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in August 2025. Weitian Chen ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Weitian Chen in Haa Chong, ON, CN.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2022.peak 62010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 4 patents2021: 5 patents20212022: 6 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12392853 System and method for tissue characterization using fast quantitative spin-lock magnetization transfer imaging Jian Hou 2025-08-19
12386000 Method and apparatus for quantitative magnetic resonance imaging using spin-lock radio frequency trains Baiyan Jiang, Ziqang Yu 2025-08-12
12146536 Method and system for a vehicle clutch performance detection system using clutch torque and clutch pressure Stuart N. Ford, Ankit Saini, Qingyu Zhang, Scott Joseph Gittins, Zhengyu Dai +1 more 2024-11-19 $24,641,000
11618459 Vehicle mass calculation and vehicle controls Yuji Fujii, Ankit Saini, Yijing Zhang, Akshay Bichkar, Conor Edward Sullivan +3 more 2023-04-04 $10,438,000
11498566 Vehicle powertrain control system Fengyi Chen, Yijing Zhang, Bradley Dean Riedle, Yuji Fujii 2022-11-15 $20,404,000
11499626 System and method for changing to a low gear range of a four wheel drive vehicle Matthew John Shelton, Pinzhi Liu, Jose Velazquez Alcantar, Zhengyu Dai, Hong Jiang 2022-11-15 $20,404,000
11493127 System and method for reducing gear lash related torque disturbances Matthew John Shelton, Zhengyu Dai, Pinzhi Liu, Jose Velazquez Alcantar, Joseph Jay Torres 2022-11-08 $21,961,000
11364892 System and method for changing gear ranges of a four wheel drive vehicle Zhengyu Dai, Hong Jiang 2022-06-21 $13,117,000
11280867 System and method for quantitative magnetization transfer imaging based on spin-lock Jian Hou, Baiyan Jiang 2022-03-22
11279240 Torque vectoring with model-predictive torque requests Paul Moubarak, Jonathan Sullivan, Joseph Jay Torres 2022-03-22 $26,178,000
11209054 Vehicle powertrain control system Yijing Zhang, Fengyi Chen, Bradley Dean Riedle, Yuji Fujii 2021-12-28 $17,869,000
11137463 System and method for continuous wave constant amplitude on-resonance and off-resonance spin-lock for magnetic resonance imaging Baiyan Jiang 2021-10-05
11097732 Methods and system for controlling launch of a hybrid vehicle Zhengyu Dai, Hong Jiang 2021-08-24 $14,787,000
11085516 Methods and system for operating a torque vectoring electric machine Paul Moubarak, Joseph Jay Torres, Zhengyu Dai, Hong Jiang 2021-08-10 $15,392,000
10994734 Methods and system for controlling launch of a vehicle having an automatic transmission Yang Xu, Zhengyu Dai, Stuart N. Ford, Qi Wang, Hong Jiang 2021-05-04 $17,560,000
10746291 Engine torque and torque converter bypass clutch slip control during vehicle launch Yang Xu, Stuart N. Ford, Zhengyu Dai, Qi Wang, Hong Jiang 2020-08-18 $4,408,000
10679740 System and method for patient privacy protection in medical images Ke Gan 2020-06-09
10598751 System and method for separation of water and fat signals during spin-lock magnetic resonance imaging 2020-03-24
10557906 Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging relaxometry with suppression of blood signal Yi Wang, Jiang Baiyan 2020-02-11
10518781 Powertrain with anti-shuffle control Zhengyu Dai, Stuart N. Ford, Todd McCullough, Hong Jiang 2019-12-31
10036470 Continuously variable transmission (CVT) ratio control Hong Jiang, Zhengyu Dai, Timothy L. Sargent, Yang Xu 2018-07-31 $3,754,000
9958059 Control system and method for neutral idle operation Guopeng Hu, Zhengyu Dai, Yang Xu, Hong Jiang 2018-05-01 $5,296,000
9862384 Method of shifting a transmission Hong Jiang, Zhengyu Dai, Yang Xu, Guopeng Hu, Timothy L. Sargent 2018-01-09 $5,515,000
9727953 Method and apparatus for ring artifact repair of magnetic resonance images Robert Donald Peters, Zachary Slavens, Kevin Koch 2017-08-08 $19,150,000
9308908 Method of shifting a transmission Hong Jiang, Bradley Dean Riedle, Vladimir Ivanovic 2016-04-12 $9,546,000