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Alan L. Browne — 298 Patents

General Motors: 298 patents #7 of 18,328Top 1%
DYDynalloy: 16 patents #3 of 51Top 6%
University of Michigan: 8 patents #201 of 4,352Top 5%
UMUniversity Of Maryland: 1 patents #209 of 857Top 25%
Grosse Pointe, MI: #1 of 143 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #24 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #1,336 of 4,157,543Top 1%
298 Patents All Time
Alan L. Browne has been granted 298 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in January 2020. Alan L. Browne ranks #1,336 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.03%). Patent records list Alan L. Browne in Grosse Pointe, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 298 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10527567 Method of testing a shape memory alloy element, and a validation system therefor Nancy L. Johnson, Paul W. Alexander, Geoffrey P. McKnight, Guillermo A. Herrera, Christopher B. Churchill +2 more 2020-01-07 $8,268,000
10226991 Air curtain using smart materials Louise E. Stauffer 2019-03-12 $20,193,000
9815261 Applications of a reversible dry adhesive system Tao Xie, John C. Ulicny, William R. Rodgers, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xingcheng Xiao +6 more 2017-11-14 $29,917,000
9623813 Fit and finish methods Nancy L. Johnson 2017-04-18 $8,693,000
9588020 Test method Xiujie Gao, Nancy L. Johnson, Christopher B. Churchill, Guillermo A. Herrera, Geoffrey P. McKnight 2017-03-07 $12,866,000
9539986 Enhanced vehicle wiper blade using active materials Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Scott R. Webb, Paul W. Alexander, Xiujie Gao, Nancy L. Johnson +2 more 2017-01-10 $15,540,000
9543103 Activation of human-protecting safety mechanisms using smart materials Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Nancy L. Johnson 2017-01-10 $15,540,000
9488241 Energy absorbers including shape memory alloy particles Nancy L. Johnson 2016-11-08 $12,371,000
9358956 Enhanced vehicle wiper blade using active materials Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Scott R. Webb, Paul W. Alexander, Xiujie Gao, Nancy L. Johnson +2 more 2016-06-07 $9,750,000
9347609 Activation of safety mechanisms using smart materials Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Nancy L. Johnson, Andrew L. Bartos 2016-05-24 $6,955,000
9346345 Shape memory alloy active hatch vent Paul W. Alexander, Xiujie Gao, Mark A. Voss, Derek L. Patterson, Lei Hao +8 more 2016-05-24 $6,955,000
9316212 Superelastic shape memory alloy overloading and overheating protection mechanism Nancy L. Johnson 2016-04-19 $13,382,000
9315321 Support system for magnetically supporting an object on a support Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Albert H. Butlin, Jr., Roland J. Menassa 2016-04-19 $13,382,000
9289778 Magnetic separator system and method using spatially modulated magnetic fields Jan F. Herbst 2016-03-22 $8,149,000
9267493 Intrinsic monitoring of shape memory alloy actuated devices Paul W. Alexander, Nancy L. Johnson, Xiujie Gao, Nilesh D. Mankame, Guillermo A. Herrera +1 more 2016-02-23 $9,647,000
9236207 Composite bi-stable device Nancy L. Johnson, Geoffrey P. McKnight, Andrew C. Keefe, Guillermo A. Herrera 2016-01-12 $9,889,000
9211687 Self-healing and self-cleaning tires utilizing active material actuation Nancy L. Johnson 2015-12-15 $12,650,000
9205593 Surface texturing using foldable structures and active material actuation Andrew C. Keefe, Guillermo A. Herrera, Geoffrey P. McKnight, Christopher P. Henry, Nancy L. Johnson 2015-12-08 $15,127,000
9200713 Valve configured for regulating the flow of fluid from a transmission to a cooler Vijay A. Neelakantan, Xiujie Gao, Patrick B. Usoro, Nilesh D. Mankame, Nancy L. Johnson +2 more 2015-12-01 $8,100,000
9187061 Electronic device finder system Donald K. Grimm, Nancy L. Johnson 2015-11-17 $8,440,000
9157398 Overload protection lacking automatic reset for use with active material actuation Nancy L. Johnson 2015-10-13 $9,480,000
9145853 Exhaust gas recirculation cooler and system Nancy L. Johnson, Patrick G. Szymkowicz 2015-09-29 $19,033,000
9102217 Air curtain Louise E. Stauffer 2015-08-11 $8,911,000
9097214 Exhaust gas recirculation system having active material actuated by-pass Nancy L. Johnson, Patrick G. Szymkowicz 2015-08-04 $6,630,000
9097593 Spring-bodied device for in-situ overheat alert for equipment Nancy L. Johnson, Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Carol A. Terry, Roland J. Menassa, Jan H. Aase +4 more 2015-08-04 $6,630,000