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Scott D. Thomas — 104 Patents

General Motors: 95 patents #47 of 18,328Top 1%
3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
THTk Holdings: 5 patents #47 of 284Top 20%
Delphi Technologies: 2 patents #1,417 of 4,124Top 35%
RTX (Raytheon): 2 patents #5,352 of 15,912Top 35%
AAAutoliv Asp: 1 patents #329 of 722Top 50%
DEDelphian: 1 patents #4 of 16Top 25%
Novi, MI: #13 of 1,560 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #220 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #13,407 of 4,157,543Top 1%
104 Patents All Time
Scott D. Thomas has been granted 104 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in June 2025. Scott D. Thomas ranks #13,407 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.32%). Patent records list Scott D. Thomas in Novi, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 104 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12325373 Vision enhanced automatic occupant sensing for airbag deployment 2025-06-10
12311873 Method of detecting use of a lap belt only routing of a combined lap belt/shoulder belt seat belt system in a vehicle Sam Jamal, Arjun Khanna 2025-05-27
12275370 System and method for determining whether a seatbelt buckle extender is used in conjunction with a seatbelt Sean T. Coughlin 2025-04-15
12246668 Motor vehicle with selective airbag suppression based on occupant position and seatbelt usage Lisa M. Furton, Dorel M. Sala, George D. Allen, Sean T. Coughlin 2025-03-11
11951935 System and method for assessing seatbelt routing using seatbelt routing zones that are based on size and shape of occupant Dorel M. Sala, Joseph Philip McLaine 2024-04-09 $12,565,000
11884233 Biometric vulnerability-based control of a passenger restraint system aboard a motor vehicle Lisa M. Furton, Dorel M. Sala, George D. Allen, Sean T. Coughlin 2024-01-30 $39,138,000
11850979 Seat mounted knee bolster Chin-Hsu Lin, George H. Baker 2023-12-26 $25,871,000
11794690 Seatbelt monitoring system 2023-10-24 $8,201,000
11708090 Vehicle behavioral monitoring Simon James Hammond Trask, Joseph R. Abrash, Tracy Gonzalez, Dustin Knapp, Kaleb R. Lepak +1 more 2023-07-25 $31,986,000
11634049 Lower and upper latch anchor use detection sensing device Tricia E. Morrow, Dorel M. Sala, Eugene J. Lau, Suzanne L. Johansson, Orhan Demirovic 2023-04-25 $30,751,000
11603060 System and method for monitoring seat belt routing using both a webbing payout sensor and an in-cabin sensor Michael Baltaxe, Kobi Nistel 2023-03-14 $26,260,000
11529893 Reversible v sleeping seat Mark O. Neal, Louis D. Thole, David Acosta, Chin-Hsu Lin, Yi-Pen Cheng 2022-12-20 $40,364,000
11491940 System and method for detecting improper posture of an occupant using a seatbelt restraint system 2022-11-08 $27,110,000
11396248 Anchor attachment detection sensors Eugene J. Lau, Tricia E. Morrow, Dorel M. Sala, Suzanne L. Johansson 2022-07-26 $66,866,000
11390244 Cam based seat belt pretensioner 2022-07-19 $30,299,000
11383662 Occupant classification system with pressure or weight and capacitance sensing Carl N. Schaub, Orhan Demirovic, Chad M. O'Brien, Patricia A. Mccown 2022-07-12 $19,860,000
11358499 Lower and upper latch anchor use detection sensing device Tricia E. Morrow, Dorel M. Sala, Eugene J. Lau, Suzanne L. Johansson, Orhan Demirovic 2022-06-14 $22,466,000
11225216 Blanket airbag with integrated seat belt system Chin-Hsu Lin, Yi-Pen Cheng, Gary L. Jones, Paul E. Krajewski 2022-01-18 $59,495,000
11214214 Vehicle seat incorporating a seat bottom front edge airbag Kunling Shen, Jay S. Song, James House 2022-01-04 $79,488,000
11148636 Time based seatbelt routing detection via in-cabin sensors Michael Baltaxe, Kobi Nistel, Ruben Mergui 2021-10-19 $30,024,000
11148628 System and method for occupant classification and the regulation of airbag deployment based thereon 2021-10-19 $30,024,000
11117545 System and method for determining seatbelt routing 2021-09-14 $24,647,000
11059453 System and method for determining seatbelt routing Jeffrey J. Schultz 2021-07-13 $56,527,000
10994696 System and method determining seatbelt webbing payout Mathew L. Nassoiy, Jason L. Hepner 2021-05-04 $40,166,000
10949659 Vehicle occupant detection Chad M. O'Brien, Dorel M. Sala, Tricia E. Morrow 2021-03-16 $53,403,000