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Brian L. Spohn — 32 Patents

General Motors: 29 patents #382 of 18,328Top 3%
Ncr: 2 patents #1,216 of 3,019Top 45%
FLFca Us Llc.: 1 patents #519 of 1,371Top 40%
Auburn Hills, MI: #8 of 602 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #1,992 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Brian L. Spohn has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in August 2025. Brian L. Spohn ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Brian L. Spohn in Auburn Hills, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12391105 Tri-axial flux motors with in-wheel reducers Mark A. Levine, Pradeep Attibele, Lucien Duplessis, Tejinder Singh 2025-08-19
10245917 Exhaust gas heat recovery system Adeel Ahmed 2019-04-02 $10,458,000
10002007 Operating system (OS) independent device drivers Ian A. Cathro 2018-06-19
9956848 System and method for heating a vehicle cabin Bryan Nathaniel Roos, Eugene V. Gonze, Halim G. Santoso 2018-05-01 $28,117,000
9631585 EGHR mechanism diagnostics Paul S. Lombardo 2017-04-25 $12,593,000
9587761 Multi-position actuator Richard D. Starr, Todd M. York 2017-03-07 $12,866,000
9484605 System and method for using exhaust gas to heat and charge a battery for a hybrid vehicle Joseph M. Tolkacz 2016-11-01 $7,132,000
9458812 Engine control systems and methods for minimizing fuel consumption Halim G. Santoso, Eugene V. Gonze, Bryan Nathaniel Roos 2016-10-04 $7,190,000
9416736 Method and apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine during a combustion transition Brenton J. Bergkoetter, Christopher E. Whitney, Sean W. McGrogan 2016-08-16 $9,035,000
9410458 State of charge catalyst heating strategy Eugene V. Gonze, Halim G. Santoso, Bryan Nathaniel Roos 2016-08-09 $24,142,000
9365118 High voltage protection system William C. Deneszczuk 2016-06-14 $9,708,000
9347372 Method for determining belt life Todd M. York, Brenton J. Bergkoetter 2016-05-24 $6,955,000
9242629 Driveline clutch variable clutch capacity reapply, shaping and lash management Michael William Roblin, Kristopher J. Kokko, Tony T. Hoang, Min K. Kim 2016-01-26 $10,568,000
9126496 Control method to bias hybrid battery state-of-charge to improve autostop availability for light-electrification vehicles Brenton J. Bergkoetter, William L. Aldrich, III, Todd M. York, Andrew Meintz 2015-09-08 $9,172,000
9098362 Operating system (OS) independent application and device communication Ian A. Cathro 2015-08-04
8942899 Method and apparatus for engine torque cancellation in a powertrain system Michael William Roblin 2015-01-27 $12,351,000
8863505 Start-stop hybrid exothermic catalyst heating system Halim G. Santoso, Eugene V. Gonze, Bryan Nathaniel Roos 2014-10-21 $6,417,000
8851055 Method and apparatus for controlling hybrid powertrain system in response to engine temperature Ryan D. Martini, Allen Lehmen, Teresa L. Cerbolles 2014-10-07 $6,567,000
8756924 Hybrid catalyst convective preheating system Eugene V. Gonze, Halim G. Santoso, Bryan Nathaniel Roos 2014-06-24 $6,201,000
8727050 System and method for controlling an electrically heated catalyst for a hybrid vehicle Bryan Nathaniel Roos, Eugene V. Gonze, Halim G. Santoso 2014-05-20 $7,144,000
8720193 Hybrid catalyst radiant preheating system Eugene V. Gonze, Halim G. Santoso, Bryan Nathaniel Roos 2014-05-13 $8,181,000
8627654 Method of treating emissions of a hybrid vehicle with a hydrocarbon absorber and a catalyst bypass system Bryan Nathaniel Roos, Eugene V. Gonze, Halim G. Santoso 2014-01-14 $6,464,000
8565970 Method for controlling powertrain pumps Karl Andrew Sime, Besim Demirovic, Ryan D. Martini, Jean Marie Miller 2013-10-22 $7,121,000
8475333 Method and apparatus for effecting light-off of a catalytic converter in a hybrid powertrain system Bryan Nathaniel Roos 2013-07-02 $9,607,000
8463495 Method for controlling exhaust gas heat recovery systems in vehicles George M. Claypole, Richard D. Starr 2013-06-11 $10,089,000