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Steven D. Burch — 34 Patents

General Motors: 29 patents #382 of 18,328Top 3%
BABenteler Automotive: 3 patents #6 of 34Top 20%
MIMidwest Research Institute: 1 patents #153 of 315Top 50%
Honeoye Falls, NY: #12 of 227 inventorsTop 6%
New York: #3,412 of 115,490 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Steven D. Burch has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in August 2023. Steven D. Burch ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Steven D. Burch in Honeoye Falls, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2005.peak 61997: 1 patents19972003: 3 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 6 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11713734 Thermally conditioned noise / vibration attenuating fuel rail chamber Jie Kou, Joseph Hahn, Christopher L. Koppen, Kenneth Kurzawa 2023-08-01 $33,661,000
10290880 Fuel cell cathode balance of plant freeze strategy Bruce J. Clingerman, Aaron Rogahn, Michael Cartwright 2019-05-14 $16,995,000
9728799 Fuel cell startup method for fast freeze startup Bruce J. Clingerman, Abdullah B. Alp, David A. Arthur, Dirk Wexel, Martin Fasse 2017-08-08 $32,250,000
9385382 Systems and methods for controlling cabin heating in fuel cell vehicles John P. Salvador, John P. Nolan, Remy Fontaine, Bram Peters, Oliver Maier 2016-07-05 $5,703,000
9379396 Controls giving −25° C. freeze start capability to a fuel cell system Bruce J. Clingerman, Aaron Rogahn, Jun Cai, Joseph C. Gerzseny, Manish Sinha +1 more 2016-06-28 $6,808,000
9028989 Fuel cell system having a fluid flow distribution feature Yan Zhang, Steven R. Falta, Glenn W. Skala 2015-05-12 $16,280,000
8835065 Fuel cell startup method for fast freeze startup Bruce J. Clingerman, Abdullah B. Alp, David A. Arthur, Dirk Wexel, Martin Fasse 2014-09-16 $10,320,000
8637202 Device to minimize the buoyancy driven flows in vertically oriented headers Todd D. Bogumil, Steven G. Goebel, Eric J. Connor, Glenn W. Skala 2014-01-28 $11,265,000
8603690 Methods and controls for hydrogen to cathode inlet of a fuel cell system Bruce J. Clingerman, Abdullah B. Alp, Jon R. Sienkowski, James K. Leary, Victor W. Logan +1 more 2013-12-10 $5,499,000
8168343 Humidification control during shutdown of a fuel cell system Bruce J. Clingerman, John P. Salvador, Manish Sinha 2012-05-01 $5,671,000
8053126 Water transfer efficiency improvement in a membrane humidifier by reducing dry air inlet temperature Marc Becker, Christian Koenig, Uwe Hannesen, Erik Schumacher 2011-11-08 $3,733,000
8007946 Fuel cell system warm-up strategy with reduced efficiency losses Abdullah B. Alp, Marc Becker 2011-08-30 $6,892,000
7862631 Fuel processor primary reactor and combustor startup via electrically-heated catalyst William H. Pettit, Steven G. Goebel 2011-01-04 $7,055,000
7829228 Control strategy to prevent humidity cycling in a fuel cell Josef Kallo, Kilian Simbeck, Peter Kilian, Oliver Maier, Manish Sinha +1 more 2010-11-09
7811713 Thermal control of cathode inlet air flow for a fuel cell system Jason R. Kolodziej, Seth E. Lerner, Prem Menon 2010-10-12
7625647 Fuel cell system with integrated thermal-to-electric generating devices 2009-12-01
7497881 Heat exchanger mechanization to transfer reformate energy to steam and air Matthew J. Beutel, Kevin Stukey 2009-03-03 $2,293,000
7442217 Integrated fuel processor for rapid start and operational control Steven G. Goebel, William H. Pettit, Paul Taichiang Yu, Yan Zhang, Michael Cartwright 2008-10-28 $2,337,000
7431896 Vacuum-insulated exhaust treatment devices, such as catalytic converters, with passive controls John P. Biel, Jr., David K. Benson, Frederick B. Hill, Jr., Matthew Allen Keyser, Lance Mews +2 more 2008-10-07
7276308 Fuel cell system with recuperative heat exchanger Volker Formanski, Thomas Herbig, George R. Woody, John P. Salvador, Uwe Hannesen 2007-10-02 $12,008,000
7258081 Compact water vaporizer for dynamic steam generation and uniform temperature control Thomas P. Migliore, Frederick V. Oddi 2007-08-21 $14,905,000
7138197 Method of operating a fuel cell power plant Jameson R. Forte, Mark Brundage 2006-11-21 $17,240,000
6908595 Vacuum-insulated exhaust treatment devices, such as catalytic converters, with passive controls John P. Biel, Jr., David K. Benson, Frederick B. Hill, Jr., Matthew Allen Keyser, Lance Mews +2 more 2005-06-21
6899861 Heat exchanger mechanization to transfer reformate energy to steam and air Matthew J. Beutel, Kevin Stukey 2005-05-31 $30,499,000
6896984 Methods for reducing mass and volume of a fuel processor William H. Pettit 2005-05-24 $12,476,000