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Timothy J. Trapp — 35 Patents

GE: 13 patents #2,462 of 36,430Top 7%
EIEdison Welding Institute: 10 patents #1 of 75Top 2%
MAMattel: 10 patents #50 of 1,185Top 5%
E-E-Systems: 1 patents #90 of 229Top 40%
The Boeing: 1 patents #8,630 of 15,756Top 55%
Cincinnati, OH: #182 of 8,043 inventorsTop 3%
Ohio: #1,369 of 73,341 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Timothy J. Trapp has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in May 2025. Timothy J. Trapp ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Timothy J. Trapp in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2013.peak 51994: 1 patents19942004: 3 patents2006: 4 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 3 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 4 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 5 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202023: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12312973 Airfoil joining apparatus and methods Suhas Prabhakar Vaze, Scott Campbell, Gregory Christopher Firestone, Jonathan David Mast, Timothy Stotler 2025-05-27
11828190 Airfoil joining apparatus and methods Suhas Prabhakar Vaze, Scott Campbell, Gregory Christopher Firestone, Jonathan David Mast, Timothy Stotler 2023-11-28 $30,242,000
10525548 Friction welding method Jonathan David Mast, John R. Kelley, Mark K. McCullough 2020-01-07 $39,018,000
8986068 Toy vehicle track play set Robert William Jourdian, William J. Maloney, Larry R. Nagode 2015-03-24 $12,286,000
8895887 Resistance weld repairing of casing flange holes Manish Deepak Dighe, Gregory Christopher Firestone 2014-11-25 $18,272,000
8845441 Reconfigurable infant support structure John DeRubes, Domenic T. Gubitosi, Brian S. Kelly, John Martin Maul, Philip R. Pyrce +1 more 2014-09-30 $25,100,000
8657106 Product packaging with releasable fastener Robert Michael Buresch, Donald George Scheffold 2014-02-25 $29,452,000
8608528 Toy vehicle track play set Robert William Jourdian, William J. Maloney, Larry R. Nagode 2013-12-17 $25,088,000
8555434 Reconfigurable child retaining structure Linda J. Chapman 2013-10-15 $25,381,000
8516674 Solid state resistance welding for airfoil repair and manufacture Gary Edward Trewiler, Stephen Joseph Ferrigno, Melvin Howard Wilkins, Matthew Stewart, Gregory Christopher Firestone 2013-08-27 $23,501,000
8353397 Product packaging with releasable fastener Robert Michael Buresch, Donald George Scheffold 2013-01-15 $29,277,000
8342328 Product packaging with releasable fastener Robert Michael Buresch, Donald George Scheffold 2013-01-01
8267803 Reconfigurable infant support structure John DeRubes, Domenic T. Gubitosi, Brian S. Kelly, John Martin Maul, Philip R. Pyrce +1 more 2012-09-18 $18,614,000
8240046 Methods for making near net shape airfoil leading edge protection Michael W. Peretti 2012-08-14 $23,441,000
8066545 Toy vehicle track play set Robert William Jourdian, William J. Maloney, Larry R. Nagode 2011-11-29 $32,683,000
8056793 Apparatus and method for friction surfacing using a consumable pin tool Timothy Hanlon, Jason Bernard Fritz, Jeffrey J. Bernath, Alexander Banning Channell, Jonathan Blank +2 more 2011-11-15 $14,348,000
7832613 Friction stir welding system Timothy Hanlon, Earl Claude Helder, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian 2010-11-16 $21,744,000
7819302 Aluminum end caps ultrasonically welded to end of aluminum tube David R. Bolser, Karl F. Graff 2010-10-26 $19,664,000
7789235 Releasable product fastener for product packaging Charles Smith 2010-09-07 $37,665,000
7784667 Apparatus and method for friction stir welding using a consumable pin tool Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Earl Claude Helder 2010-08-31 $21,001,000
7490750 Method and apparatus for locally clamping components that are to be joined by friction stir welding Timothy Stotler 2009-02-17
7416102 Method of friction stir welding and multi-section faced shoulderless retractable variable penetration friction stir welding tool for same James Fisher, Jeffrey J. Bernath 2008-08-26
7404510 Retractable shoulderless variable penetration friction stir welding tool James Fisher, Jeffrey J. Bemath 2008-07-29
7337940 Apparatus and method for friction stir welding of high strength materials, and articles made therefrom Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Earl Claude Helder, Timothy Hanlon 2008-03-04 $37,760,000
7234626 Method of friction stir welding and retractable shoulderless variable penetration friction stir welding tool for same James Fisher, Jeffrey J. Bernath 2007-06-26