Brian A. MacFarlane has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors . The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in January 2018. Brian A. MacFarlane ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Brian A. MacFarlane in Rochester Hills, MI, US.
Patents per Year Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2018 Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2016. peak 4 2013: 1 patents 2013 2014: 1 patents 2014 2016: 4 patents 2016 2017: 1 patents 2017 2018: 1 patents 2018
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Showing 1–8 of 8 patents
Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx Value ⓘ
9879589 Initialization sequence for a vehicle grille shutter Scott P. Charnesky , David J. Verbrugge , David A. Schoener , William J. Raymor , John C. Remy 2018-01-30
$13,394,000
9657632 Method and apparatus for remote torque control of an aerodynamic air shutter mechanism Edward J. Abeska , David J. Verbrugge , Scott P. Charnesky , John C. Remy , John F. Larsen +1 more 2017-05-23
$12,122,000
9494232 Method and apparatus for monitoring a transmission range selector — 2016-11-15
$12,949,000
9401053 Fault notifications for vehicles Michael J. Abowd 2016-07-26
$17,117,000
9371909 Method of controlling a transmission park system of a vehicle equipped with an electronic transmission range select system Orson S. Wang 2016-06-21
$10,668,000
9249877 Position diagnostic test for a shift-by-wire system, and a method thereof Daniel A. Bialas , Anne Bliss , Orson S. Wang , Michael J. Abowd 2016-02-02
$5,143,000
8755971 System and method for detecting a fault in a ride height sensor John F. Larsen , Steven A. Opiteck 2014-06-17
$14,859,000
8600643 Vehicle air compressor control systems and methods Steven A. Opiteck 2013-12-03
$9,458,000
