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Terry E. Nels — 12 Patents

General Motors: 4 patents #3,757 of 18,328Top 25%
Xenia, OH: #23 of 224 inventorsTop 15%
Ohio: #6,508 of 73,341 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Terry E. Nels has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in January 2007. Terry E. Nels ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Terry E. Nels in Xenia, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2006.peak 21981: 1 patents19811983: 1 patents1987: 1 patents19871996: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022006: 2 patents2007: 1 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7168544 Friction facing material for use in a friction environment Douglas Guthrie, Jonathan M. Rich, Eric Schueler 2007-01-30
7069636 Friction facing method for use in a friction environment Douglas Guthrie, Jonathan M. Rich, Eric Schueler 2006-07-04
7014024 System and method for improving cooling in a friction facing environment Matthew Trippel 2006-03-21
6439363 Fabric arrangement and method for controlling fluid flow 2002-08-27
6065579 Synchronizer blocker rings used in manual transmissions 2000-05-23
5998311 Fabric arrangement and method for controlling fluid flow 1999-12-07
5842551 Fabric arrangement and method for controlling fluid flow 1998-12-01
5615758 Fabric arrangement and method for controlling fluid flow 1997-04-01
5558317 Volute springs adapted for torsional damper assemblies and method of manufacturing same 1996-09-24
4639392 Clutch plate member having layer of high durability, self-conforming friction facing Larry Eldridge, Gerald L. Doty 1987-01-27
4406394 Method of friction band manufacture 1983-09-27 $19,938,000
4260047 Friction disc and method of making same 1981-04-07 $14,290,000