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Ryan C. Sekol — 22 Patents

General Motors: 22 patents #582 of 18,328Top 4%
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI: #6 of 222 inventorsTop 3%
Michigan: #3,548 of 86,293 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Ryan C. Sekol has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2018 and the most recent in December 2025. Ryan C. Sekol ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Ryan C. Sekol in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2018 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2024.peak 62018: 1 patents20182019: 4 patents20192021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 4 patents20232024: 6 patents20242025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12496633 Pump controller for a sand casting system Andrew C. Bobel, John Patrick Spicer, Debojyoti Chakraborty, Jorge F. Arinez, Jeffrey A. Abell +3 more 2025-12-16
12494470 Method for coating a metal layer such as lithium metal on a web such as a current collector foil Yaoyu Ren, Min-Qiang Wang, Shaomao Xu 2025-12-09
12456721 Patterning of active material layer of electrode during continuous extrusion Chuhan Wang, Xiaowei Yu, Min-Qiang Wang, Xiaosong Huang 2025-10-28
12203880 Image processing and detection of discontinuities in battery cells Sean Robert Wagner, Megan E. McGovern, Dmitriy Bruder, Ratandeep Singh Kukreja, Michael P. Balogh 2025-01-21
12111197 Quality control system for analyzing the quality of a battery cell through a volumetric measurement of gas formed during a cell formation process and a method of analyzing the same Dmitriy Bruder, James R. Salvador, Raffaello Ardanese, Thomas A. Yersak, Sean Robert Wagner +1 more 2024-10-08 $15,145,000
12104258 Melt spinning methods for forming lithium-metal foils and electrodes of electrochemical devices Michael P. Balogh, Jin Liu, Shaomao Xu, Erik Damon Huemiller 2024-10-01 $31,813,000
12051786 High throughput extraction of battery cell formation gas Raffaello Ardanese, Thomas A. Yersak, James R. Salvador, Dmitriy Bruder 2024-07-30 $26,651,000
12040461 Capacitance-based quality monitoring and control in battery manufacturing Erik Damon Huemiller, Michael P. Balogh, Ratandeep Singh Kukreja, Shaomao Xu, Andrew J. Galant +2 more 2024-07-16 $23,377,000
11982660 Quality control system for analyzing the quality of a battery cell through analysis of a physical property of a gas formed during a cell formation process and a method of analyzing the same Raffaello Ardanese, James R. Salvador, Thomas A. Yersak, Dmitriy Bruder 2024-05-14 $18,021,000
11942619 Method of fabricating an electrode for an electrochemical cell Erik Damon Huemiller, Shaomao Xu, Wayne W. Cai, Michael P. Balogh, Xiaowei Yu 2024-03-26 $23,338,000
11757082 Method for fabricating an anode for a lithium battery cell Jin Liu, Jiazhi HU, Raffaello Ardanese, Lei Wang, Michael P. Balogh 2023-09-12 $15,340,000
11688843 Calendered electrode and method of making same Erik Damon Huemiller, Nicholas P. Irish, Dmitriy Bruder, Shaomao Xu, Jin Liu 2023-06-27 $19,759,000
11668759 Method of analyzing the quality of a battery cell by performing a comprehensive quality check on battery cells assessed as low-quality from a high-throughput quality check James R. Salvador, Debejyo Chakraborty, Thomas A. Yersak, Sean Robert Wagner, Charles W. Wampler, II +4 more 2023-06-06 $24,889,000
11630158 System for electro-magnetic induction spectroscopy (EMIS) of battery cells while forming and cycling Erik Damon Huemiller, Shaomao Xu, Duane S. Carper, Nahel Eshaq, Raffaello Ardanese 2023-04-18 $31,474,000
11278990 Weld inspection system and method Megan E. McGovern, Teresa J. Rinker, Sean Robert Wagner, Ronald M. Lesperance, James G. Schroth +2 more 2022-03-22 $124,287,000
11155153 Energy sharing system and method for a vehicle John A. Cafeo, Madhusudan Raghavan, Wei Li, Anil Bika, Azeem Sarwar +3 more 2021-10-26 $50,550,000
11006053 Weld inspection system and method Megan E. McGovern, Teresa J. Rinker, Sean Robert Wagner, James G. Schroth, Michael J. Bland 2021-05-11 $38,952,000
10481215 Method and apparatus for evaluating a battery cell Wayne W. Cai, Debejyo Chakraborty, Teresa J. Rinker, Megan E. McGovern, Diana M. Wegner +1 more 2019-11-19 $7,776,000
10350852 Systems for bonding surfaces using a releasable adhesive Raymond Guo, John Patrick Spicer, Yhu-Tin Lin, Jeffrey A. Abell, Mark A. Smith 2019-07-16 $15,233,000
10305153 Micro heat exchangers and methods for use in thermal management of transportation vehicle batteries Teresa J. Rinker, Debejyo Chakraborty, Jeffrey A. Abell 2019-05-28 $22,084,000
10190833 Mechanically conformable micro-heat exchangers and methods for use in thermal management of target components Teresa J. Rinker, Debejyo Chakraborty, Jeffrey A. Abell 2019-01-29 $9,783,000
10031499 Micro heat exchangers for controlling temperature of workpieces being joined by welding Teresa J. Rinker, Debejyo Chakraborty, Jeffrey A. Abell 2018-07-24 $19,056,000