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Robert D. Straub — 38 Patents

General Motors: 21 patents #624 of 18,328Top 4%
DTDiesel Technology: 11 patents #1 of 40Top 3%
Robert Bosch Gmbh: 2 patents #7,316 of 19,740Top 40%
STSiemens Diesel Systems Technology: 2 patents #4 of 14Top 30%
DDDetroit Diesel: 1 patents #85 of 181Top 50%
Lowell, MI: #4 of 121 inventorsTop 4%
Michigan: #1,487 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Robert D. Straub has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in June 2018. Robert D. Straub ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Robert D. Straub in Lowell, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31983: 1 patents19831984: 2 patents1986: 1 patents1992: 2 patents19921993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 3 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2002: 2 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 3 patents2016: 2 patents20162018: 2 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10006429 Variable-area poppet nozzle actuator Paul Anthony Battiston 2018-06-26 $12,799,000
9879644 Fuel injector with variable area pintle nozzle 2018-01-30 $13,394,000
9267422 Combustion system for an engine having multiple fuel spray induced vortices 2016-02-23 $9,647,000
9261060 Fuel injector with variable area poppet nozzle 2016-02-16 $9,187,000
9121330 Porting system for a turbo-charged loop scavenged two-stroked engine 2015-09-01 $8,163,000
9091199 Combustion system for an engine having a swirl inducing combustion chamber 2015-07-28 $7,756,000
9004039 Cylinder lubrication system 2015-04-14 $6,941,000
8683790 Nozzle diffuser mixer Raj P. Ranganathan, Sandro Balestrino, Xiaobin Li 2014-04-01 $10,801,000
8627659 Engine assembly including exhaust port separation for turbine feed 2014-01-14 $6,464,000
8468998 Engine having fuel injection induced combustion chamber mixing 2013-06-25 $5,544,000
8402940 Engine having fuel injection induced combustion chamber mixing 2013-03-26 $8,230,000
8402948 Engine assembly including fuel system with fuel line connector 2013-03-26 $8,230,000
8297050 Nozzle diffuser mixer Raj P. Ranganathan, Sherif H. El Tahry 2012-10-30
7866575 Pressure actuated fuel injector 2011-01-11 $12,099,000
7827971 Engine assembly with fuel filter gas removal apparatus Raj P. Ranganathan, Henry W Harper 2010-11-09
7568461 Tappet roller end shape for improved lubrication and combination with fuel pump and engine 2009-08-04
7453271 Apparatus and method for sensing water within a fuel-water separator assembly 2008-11-18 $3,775,000
7216630 System and method to control spool stroke motion Steffen Martin, Ryan Peacock 2007-05-15 $938,000
7150410 Method for providing a controlled injection rate and injection pressure in a fuel injector assembly 2006-12-19 $9,023,000
6854962 Pump system with high pressure restriction Gregg R. Spoolstra 2005-02-15 $2,058,000
6662783 Digital valve Ulrich Augustin 2003-12-16 $399,000
6450778 Pump system with high pressure restriction Gregg R. Spoolstra 2002-09-17
6339877 Method and apparatus for refurbishing a valve seat in a fuel injector assembly William M. Galloway, Michael Van Allsburg 2002-01-22
6059545 Fuel pump control valve assembly Werner Faupel 2000-05-09
5954487 Fuel pump control valve assembly Werner Faupel 1999-09-21