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Eric Ferch — 12 Patents

General Motors: 9 patents #1,748 of 18,328Top 10%
Ford: 3 patents #4,990 of 17,473Top 30%
Northville, MI: #157 of 1,240 inventorsTop 15%
Michigan: #7,722 of 86,293 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Eric Ferch has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in March 2018. Eric Ferch ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Eric Ferch in Northville, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9915240 Method and system for engine auto-ignition detection and mitigation Craig M. Sawdon, Kathryn W. McMillan 2018-03-13 $13,395,000
9157825 Engine knock diagnostic Wajdi B. Hamama, Craig M. Sawdon, Hamid M. Esfahan, John F. Van Gilder, Brian D. Francis +1 more 2015-10-13 $9,480,000
8550055 Fuel management systems and methods for variable displacement engines Anthony L. Marks, Ryan Bruss, Ronald M. Wozniak, Eloy Martinez, Jon C. Wasberg 2013-10-08 $10,731,000
8478511 System and method for knock detection based on ethanol concentration in fuel Wajdi B. Hamama, Craig M. Sawdon, Matthew David Defever, Hillary L. Broadus 2013-07-02 $9,607,000
8307808 Cylinder combustion performance monitoring and control with coordinated torque control Jeffrey M. Kaiser, Timothy M. Karnjate, Christopher E. Whitney, Zhong Li, David S. Mathews +1 more 2012-11-13 $9,913,000
7792633 Ignition coil module fuse diagnostic Wajdi B. Hamama, Craig M. Sawdon, Debbie L. Makowske, Dale W. McKim, Mark D. Carr +1 more 2010-09-07
7769536 Diagnostic systems and methods for engine knock sensors Wajdi B. Hamama, Craig M. Sawdon, Robert J. Horner, Hamid M. Esfahan 2010-08-03
7748362 Managing lean air/fuel transients in coordinated torque control Christopher E. Whitney, Michael S. Emmorey, Jeffrey M. Kaiser, Robert C. Simon, Jr., Cheryl A. Williams +2 more 2010-07-06
7526943 Knock system with detection zones Anthony E. Cubr, Craig M. Sawdon, Wajdi B. Hamama, Karl T. Kiebel, Robert J. Horner +6 more 2009-05-05 $5,240,000
6078859 System and method for torque based vehicle speed control Marek Jareslaw Jastrzebski, Michael John Cullen, Stephen De La Salle 2000-06-20 $45,064,000
6039023 Air control system Michael John Cullen, John Phillip Tonkin 2000-03-21 $88,789,000
5671141 Computer program architecture for onboard vehicle diagnostic system Paul Smith, John Frederick Armitage 1997-09-23 $27,795,000