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Thomas Dean Schaefer — 11 Patents

GE: 11 patents #3,022 of 36,430Top 9%
West Milwaukee, WI: #6 of 20 inventorsTop 30%
Wisconsin: #4,275 of 40,088 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Thomas Dean Schaefer has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in November 2016. Thomas Dean Schaefer ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Thomas Dean Schaefer in West Milwaukee, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2004.peak 22004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents20092010: 1 patents20102013: 2 patents20132016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9494181 High temperature secondary torque retention for bolted assemblies Gregory Alan Steinlage, Donald R. Allen, Evan Lampe 2016-11-15 $28,580,000
8542801 X-ray tube with secondary discharge attenuation Ethan James Westcot, Kalyan Koppisetty 2013-09-24 $19,941,000
8512059 X-ray shielded connector Ron Kent Hockersmith, Edward Emaci 2013-08-20 $15,194,000
7668296 X ray tube assembly and method of manufacturing and using the X ray tube assembly Ron Kent Hockersmith, Ethan James Westcot 2010-02-23 $64,181,000
7583791 X-ray tube target assembly and method of manufacturing same Ron Kent Hockersmith, Michael Scott Hebert, Ethan James Westcot 2009-09-01 $86,598,000
7558375 Stationary cathode in rotating frame x-ray tube Ron Kent Hockersmith 2009-07-07 $76,128,000
7377695 Integral duplex bearings for rotating x-ray anode Liangheng Qiu, Paul Ratzmann 2008-05-27 $38,680,000
7190765 Bearing temperature and focal spot position controlled anode for a CT system Liqin Wang, Gregory Alan Steinlage, David E. Dean 2007-03-13 $41,124,000
6888922 Filament circuit resistance adjusting apparatus technical field Lloyd Wang, Gregory Alan Steinlage, Earl Warden 2005-05-03 $24,103,000
6762540 One-piece tab assembly for a cathode cup of an X-ray imaging machine J. Scott Price, Sergio Lemaitre 2004-07-13 $63,785,000
6705759 Fan control circuit for X-ray tube device Charles B. Kendall 2004-03-16 $35,568,000