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Ronald W. Van Diepen — 8 Patents

General Motors: 8 patents #1,982 of 18,328Top 15%
Ann Arbor, MI: #1,116 of 6,071 inventorsTop 20%
Michigan: #12,001 of 86,293 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Ronald W. Van Diepen has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in September 2020. Ronald W. Van Diepen ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Ronald W. Van Diepen in Ann Arbor, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 22010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10774930 Ratio selection method for a continuously variable transmission during deceleration by braking Xuefeng Tim Tao, Steven P. Moorman, Jeffrey M. DeSimone, Madhura N. Paranjape 2020-09-15 $113,934,000
9416869 Change-of-mind shift control of a dual-clutch transmission Harinath Atmaram, Matthew D. Whitton, Mateusz M. Nowak 2016-08-16 $9,035,000
8900095 Automatic transmission synchronous gear shift Christopher E. Whitney, Christopher H. Knieper, Ning Jin, Matthew D. Whitton 2014-12-02 $11,608,000
8540606 System and method for controlling engine torque Michael Livshiz, Jeffrey M. Kaiser 2013-09-24 $9,757,000
8255139 Method to include fast torque actuators in the driver pedal scaling for conventional powertrains Christopher E. Whitney, Klaus Pochner, Todd R. Shupe, Vivek Mehta, Ning Jin +6 more 2012-08-28 $5,587,000
8160796 Securing driver requested torque Joseph M. Stempnik, Jinchun Peng, Mark H. Costin, Bryan D. Lehman, Xuehan Kong +1 more 2012-04-17 $8,988,000
8041478 Securing and diagnosing the vehicle speed input and direction for torque control systems Joseph M. Stempnik, Richard B. Jess, Daniel P. Grenn, Tracey A. Bagley-Reed, Mark H. Costin +3 more 2011-10-18 $7,998,000
7689333 Diagnostic fault clearing system Paul A. Bauerle, Joseph M. Stempnik, Kevin M. Baltes 2010-03-30