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Paul Bien — 15 Patents

General Motors: 4 patents #3,757 of 18,328Top 25%
GE: 3 patents #10,387 of 36,430Top 30%
Downers Grove, IL: #43 of 824 inventorsTop 6%
Illinois: #5,664 of 84,256 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Paul Bien has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in January 2011. Paul Bien ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Paul Bien in Downers Grove, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1993.peak 21986: 1 patents19861990: 1 patents1993: 2 patents19931995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022006: 1 patents2007: 2 patents20072009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7874255 Sleeve bearing for railway traction motor Robert Foster, John E. Macklin 2011-01-25
7857101 Wick holder for a lubricating system of a locomotive traction motor support bearing John E. Macklin, Robert Foster 2010-12-28
7802656 Method and apparatus for improving the delivery of oil of a wick lubricating system for a locomotive traction motor support bearing John E. Macklin, Robert Foster 2010-09-28
7603955 Sleeve bearing for railway traction motor Robert Foster, John E. Macklin 2009-10-20
7308856 Sleeve bearing for railway traction motor Robert Foster, John E. Macklin 2007-12-18
7178463 Interior contour for bore of a friction support bearing of a railway locomotive traction motor Robert Foster, John E. Macklin 2007-02-20
7055439 Interior contour for bore of a friction support bearing of a railway locomotive traction motor Robert Foster, John E. Macklin 2006-06-06
6484403 Method of converting a traction motor with sleeve bearings to roller bearings John E. Macklin, Roger M. Boor 2002-11-26
5675198 Stator including partial tie bars extending from end castings and welded together Michael P. Hagle 1997-10-07 $33,909,000
5497544 Stator frame fabrication Michael P. Hagle 1996-03-12 $20,170,000
5387039 AC traction motor with drive end bearing assembly for locomotive — 1995-02-07 $25,339,000
5220847 Modified traction motor drive with helical gears and gear indexing method therefor — 1993-06-22
5207121 Gear case for locomotive drive system — 1993-05-04
4940002 Railway traction motor with skewed support bearings — 1990-07-10
4603865 Drive motor gear lubricant seal for locomotives and the like — 1986-08-05

Frequent Collaborators

John E. Macklin8 shared
Robert Foster7 shared
Michael P. Hagle2 shared
Roger M. Boor1 shared

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