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William E. Fritz — 11 Patents

GEGen-Tech: 4 patents #1 of 8Top 15%
TDThe Youngstown Steel Door: 4 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
UNUnknown: 2 patents #12,644 of 83,584Top 20%
DEDevmark: 1 patents #3 of 3Top 100%
Naperville, IL: #343 of 3,051 inventorsTop 15%
Illinois: #8,093 of 84,256 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
William E. Fritz has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Gen-Tech. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in April 1992. William E. Fritz ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list William E. Fritz in Naperville, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 1992Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1990.peak 31982: 2 patents19821984: 2 patents19841985: 1 patents19851989: 1 patents19891990: 3 patents19901991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents1992

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5106245 Wheel chocks for use on vehicle transport carriers James C. Pankow 1992-04-21
5005739 Railroad hopper car outlet gate end tube seal James C. Pankow 1991-04-09
4974999 Lock for a railroad hopper car outlet gate end tube assembly James C. Pankow 1990-12-04
4975000 Railroad hopper car outlet gate end tube assemblies James C. Pankow 1990-12-04
4973067 Hopper car discharge gate seal 1990-11-27
4867615 Hopper car discharge gate 1989-09-19
4543889 Hatch cover seal assembly 1985-10-01
4450773 Sliding gate for a railroad hopper car Ronald J. McComb 1984-05-29
4429921 Sliding bearing and seal Thomas C. Soddy 1984-02-07
4344365 Railway hopper car gate anti-friction seal Thomas C. Soddy 1982-08-17
4324188 Hopper discharge outlet and method 1982-04-13