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Patrick B. Usoro — 205 Patents

General Motors: 204 patents #11 of 18,328Top 1%
BABehr America: 3 patents #3 of 43Top 7%
DYDynalloy: 1 patents #28 of 51Top 55%
Troy, MI: #4 of 2,712 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #59 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #3,200 of 4,157,543Top 1%
205 Patents All Time
Patrick B. Usoro has been granted 205 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in December 2015. Patrick B. Usoro ranks #3,200 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.08%). Patent records list Patrick B. Usoro in Troy, MI, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 205 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9200713 Valve configured for regulating the flow of fluid from a transmission to a cooler Vijay A. Neelakantan, Xiujie Gao, Alan L. Browne, Nilesh D. Mankame, Nancy L. Johnson +2 more 2015-12-01 $8,100,000
9038379 Method of controlling a thermal energy harvesting system Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xiujie Gao +2 more 2015-05-26 $16,404,000
9003788 Vehicle energy harvesting device having a continuous loop of shape memory alloy Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Geoffrey P. McKnight +2 more 2015-04-14 $6,941,000
8857174 Vehicle energy harvesting device having discrete sections of shape memory alloy Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Xiujie Gao 2014-10-14 $5,920,000
8800282 Vehicle energy harvesting device having discrete sections of shape memory alloy Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xiujie Gao, Marten Wittorf 2014-08-12 $7,458,000
8769947 Exhaust system Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xiujie Gao +4 more 2014-07-08 $6,643,000
8769946 Cooling system Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xiujie Gao +3 more 2014-07-08 $6,643,000
8747264 Energy harvesting system for a vehicle Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xiujie Gao +4 more 2014-06-10 $6,536,000
8701405 Method of starting a heat engine Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xiujie Gao 2014-04-22 $6,440,000
8640455 Controlling heat in a system using smart materials Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame 2014-02-04 $6,310,000
8631652 Heat engine system Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Xiujie Gao 2014-01-21 $6,033,000
8590303 Vehicle energy harvesting device having a continuous loop of shape memory alloy Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Geoffrey P. McKnight, Peter Maxwell Sarosi +1 more 2013-11-26 $10,320,000
8567188 Accelerating cooling in active material actuators using heat sinks Nilesh D. Mankame, Alan L. Browne, Richard J. Skurkis, Nancy L. Johnson, Xiujie Gao 2013-10-29 $12,838,000
8511082 Heat transport system and method Alan L. Browne, Marten Wittorf, Nancy L. Johnson, Paul W. Alexander, James Holbrook Brown +1 more 2013-08-20 $8,785,000
8444527 Variable-speed motor-generator accessory drive system 2013-05-21 $6,263,000
8328673 Variable speed accessory drive system Anthony L. Smith, Burak A. Gecim 2012-12-11 $8,662,000
8281585 Controlling heat transfer in active material actuators using external elements Xiujie Gao, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Guillermo A. Herrera +4 more 2012-10-09 $14,336,000
8262133 Belt retractor utilizing active material actuation Alan L. Browne, Steven G. Corrion, Xiujie Gao, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame +4 more 2012-09-11 $8,172,000
8109087 Overheating protection for shape memory alloy actuators Xiujie Gao, Richard J. Skurkis, Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Guillermo A. Herrera +4 more 2012-02-07 $8,684,000
8025339 Active material based seatbelt webbing presenter Alan L. Browne, Steven G. Corrion, Xiujie Gao, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame +1 more 2011-09-27 $10,051,000
7972235 Hybrid powertrain system having selectively connectable engine, motor/generator, and transmission Shawn H. Swales 2011-07-05 $9,243,000
7967339 Active material based safety belt buckle presenter Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Steven G. Corrion, Xiujie Gao, Nancy L. Johnson +3 more 2011-06-28 $13,770,000
7954580 Accessory drive system and method for a belt-alternator-starter electric hybrid vehicle 2011-06-07 $8,951,000
7797933 Servo system augmented with an active material component Nilesh D. Mankame, Norman K. Bucknor, Alan L. Browne, Paul W. Alexander, Brian W. Whitmarsh +3 more 2010-09-21
7753147 Vehicle drive system, power management device, and method for managing power 2010-07-13