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David Yang — 34 Patents

General Motors: 28 patents #401 of 18,328Top 3%
SSS. M. W. Seiko: 3 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
CECombustion Engineering: 1 patents #304 of 732Top 45%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
David Yang has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in November 2022. David Yang ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list David Yang in Pudong New District, PA, CN.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11491580 Method for laser welding metal workpieces using a combination of weld paths Wu Tao 2022-11-08 $27,110,000
11235422 Method for smoothing the surface of a laser weld joint Yu Pan, Wu Tao, Paolo Novelletto 2022-02-01 $38,898,000
11148226 Multi-beam laser spot welding of coated steels Wu Tao 2021-10-19 $30,024,000
11123816 Aluminum alloy to steel welding process David R. Sigler, James G. Schroth, Blair E. Carlson, Yelena Myasnikova 2021-09-21 $47,256,000
11084119 Electrode for resistance spot welding of dissimilar materials David R. Sigler, Blair E. Carlson, James G. Schroth, Michael J. Karagoulis 2021-08-10 $44,234,000
11077522 Method of laser spot welding coated steels Wu Tao, Li Sun 2021-08-03 $60,431,000
10953494 Remote laser welding of overlapping metal workpieces at fast speeds Wu Tao 2021-03-23 $44,996,000
10953497 Method for laser welding steel workpieces Hui Wang, Yu Pan, Blair E. Carlson, Joshua Lee Solomon, William P. Payne +1 more 2021-03-23 $44,996,000
10946479 Laser spot welding of overlapping aluminum workpieces Wu Tao 2021-03-16 $53,403,000
10751830 Welding electrode for use in a resistance spot welding workpiece stack-ups that include an aluminum workpiece and a steel workpiece David R. Sigler 2020-08-25 $27,737,000
10688595 Laser welding overlapping metal workpieces Justin Wolsker, Jing Zhang, Wu Tao, Dalong Gao 2020-06-23 $9,705,000
10682723 Resistance spot welding steel and aluminum workpieces with electrode having insert David R. Sigler, Blair E. Carlson, James G. Schroth, Anil K. Sachdev 2020-06-16 $18,970,000
10675701 Method and apparatus for resistance spot welding overlapping steel workpieces Wu Tao, Qi Lu, Blair E. Carlson 2020-06-09 $6,945,000
10675713 Remote laser welding of overlapping metal workpieces using helical path(s) Wu Tao, Paolo Novelletto, Yu Pan, Justin Wolsker 2020-06-09 $6,945,000
10610961 Apparatus and method for trimming a sheet metal edge Li Sun, Xiaochuan Xiong 2020-04-07 $14,405,000
10569477 Joining of thermoplastic to metal with enhanced interfacial chemical bonding Jing Zhang, Shawn Deng 2020-02-25 $8,506,000
10421148 External heat assisted welding of dissimilar metal workpieces David R. Sigler, Anil K. Sachdev 2019-09-24 $16,812,000
10329639 Multilayer steel and method of reducing liquid metal embrittlement Charles Enloe, Curt D. Horvath, Qi Lu, Wu Tao 2019-06-25 $10,971,000
10252369 Cooling to control thermal stress and solidification for welding of dissimilar materials Blair E. Carlson, David R. Sigler 2019-04-09 $20,352,000
10195689 Laser welding of overlapping metal workpieces assisted by varying laser beam parameters Wu Tao 2019-02-05 $14,285,000
10166627 Aluminum alloy to steel welding process David R. Sigler, James G. Schroth, Blair E. Carlson, Yelena Myasnikova 2019-01-01
10058949 Resistance spot welding steel and aluminum workpieces using insertable cover Blair E. Carlson, David R. Sigler, Robert T. Szymanski, Anil K. Sachdev 2018-08-28 $14,738,000
10010966 Electrode for resistance spot welding of dissimilar metals David R. Sigler, Blair E. Carlson, James G. Schroth, Michael J. Karagoulis 2018-07-03 $19,334,000
9737956 Resistance spot welding thin gauge steels Michael J. Karagoulis, David R. Sigler 2017-08-22 $11,667,000
9586282 Welding a joint 2017-03-07 $12,866,000