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Richard J. Skurkis

General Motors: 50 patents #152 of 18,328Top 1%
DY Dynalloy: 5 patents #8 of 51Top 20%
University of Michigan: 2 patents #1,079 of 4,352Top 25%
📍 Lake Orion, MI: #4 of 676 inventorsTop 1%
🗺 Michigan: #929 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #54,141 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Showing 26–50 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9797463 Passive regulation of convective cooling Paul W. Alexander, Nancy L. Johnson 2017-10-24
9748062 Surface temperature-responsive switch using smart material actuators Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Nancy L. Johnson 2017-08-29
9746044 Resettable sensor assembly and system Paul W. Alexander, Nancy L. Johnson, Jason F. Laws, Nicholas W. Pinto, IV 2017-08-29
9234509 Quick-return active material actuator Nilesh D. Mankame, Mark A. Kramarczyk, Paul W. Alexander 2016-01-12
9022682 Active material wire actuators having reinforced structural connectors Paul W. Alexander, Nicholas W. Pinto, IV, Xiujie Gao, Nilesh D. Mankame, Peter Maxwell Sarosi +3 more 2015-05-05
9003789 Energy harvesting system Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Paul W. Alexander, John Andrew Shaw, Christopher B. Churchill +5 more 2015-04-14
9004241 Powered vehicle brake cooling system Alan L. Browne, Tadge J. Juechter, Nancy L. Johnson, Paul W. Alexander, Xiujie Gao +1 more 2015-04-14
8997563 Vehicle sensor system Guillermo A. Herrera, Nancy L. Johnson, Alan L. Browne, Nicholas W. Pinto, IV 2015-04-07
8998320 Using resting load to augment active material actuator demand in power seats Nilesh D. Mankame, Jennifer P. Lawall 2015-04-07
8857273 Mechanical overload protection utilizing superelastic shape memory alloy actuation Nilesh D. Mankame 2014-10-14
8850901 Active material actuation utilizing bi-stable mechanical overload protection Nilesh D. Mankame 2014-10-07
8800283 Method of starting and operating a shape memory alloy heat engine Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Paul W. Alexander, John Andrew Shaw +4 more 2014-08-12
8733097 Multi-stage actuation for an active materials-based actuator Nilesh D. Mankame, Nicholas W. Pinto, IV 2014-05-27
8708078 Flexible drive element for an angled active shutter Scott P. Charnesky, Brain D. Van Buren 2014-04-29
8689771 Shape memory alloy-based device for controlling or monitoring pressure in a system Nancy L. Johnson, Alan L. Browne, Xiujie Gao, Paul W. Alexander, Nicholas W. Pinto, IV +1 more 2014-04-08
8678426 Vehicle brake cooling system Alan L. Browne, Tadge J. Juechter, Nancy L. Johnson, Paul W. Alexander, Xiujie Gao +1 more 2014-03-25
8607744 Active air vent utilizing smart material actuation Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Xiujie Gao, Thomas H. Froling, Matthew D. Scrase +5 more 2013-12-17
8567188 Accelerating cooling in active material actuators using heat sinks Nilesh D. Mankame, Patrick B. Usoro, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Xiujie Gao 2013-10-29
8510924 Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use Nilesh D. Mankame, James W. Wells, Christopher P. Henry, Ivan G. Sears, Douglas Martin Linn +1 more 2013-08-20
8436571 Actuator system including an active material Lei Hao, Chandra S. Namuduri, Kenneth J. Shoemaker, Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Sanjeev M. Naik +3 more 2013-05-07
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
8176616 Method for error-proofing a reconfigurable clamp Robin Stevenson, Ivan G. Sears, Jeff Dellach, Mike Vainstein 2012-05-15
8109087 Overheating protection for shape memory alloy actuators Patrick B. Usoro, Xiujie Gao, Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Guillermo A. Herrera +4 more 2012-02-07
7891075 Reconfigurable fixture device and method for controlling Nilesh D. Mankame, James W. Wells, Christopher P. Henry, Ivan G. Sears, Douglas Martin Linn +1 more 2011-02-22
7726637 Reconfigurable clamp and method of use thereof Robin Stevenson, Ivan G. Sears, Jeff Dellach, Mike Vainstein 2010-06-01