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Thomas E. Bolander — 19 Patents

General Motors: 19 patents #710 of 18,328Top 4%
Flint, MI: #11 of 357 inventorsTop 4%
Michigan: #4,375 of 86,293 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Thomas E. Bolander has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in December 2012. Thomas E. Bolander ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Thomas E. Bolander in Flint, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2006.peak 72002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents20032005: 2 patents20052006: 7 patents20062007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8326515 Driver selectable AFM/NVH tolerance William C. Albertson 2012-12-04 $7,440,000
8281760 Control system and method for preventing engine stalls Michael A. Kropinski 2012-10-09 $14,336,000
8052575 Active fuel management mode torque converter clutch control William C. Albertson, Joseph R. Dulzo 2011-11-08 $3,733,000
7651441 Engine control for displacement on demand Joel M. Maguire, Joseph R. Dulzo, William C. Albertson 2010-01-26
7509201 Sensor feedback control for noise and vibration Jeffrey J. Allen, Alexander J. Roberts, Keith W. Weishuhn 2009-03-24 $3,963,000
7403101 Collision avoidance of unattended vehicles Michael A. Kropinski, Alexander N. Makris 2008-07-22 $5,068,000
7231907 Variable incremental activation and deactivation of cylinders in a displacement on demand engine Alexander J. Roberts 2007-06-19 $13,041,000
7210287 Accelerating catalytic conversion Jeffrey J. Allen, Alexander J. Roberts 2007-05-01 $13,223,000
7150271 Vapor assisted cold start control algorithm Eugene V. Gonze, Bernard Toton 2006-12-19 $11,118,000
7132935 Single person vehicle light test Alexander J. Roberts 2006-11-07 $25,753,000
7100565 DOD throttling and intake control Jeffrey J. Allen, Alexander J. Roberts 2006-09-05 $17,998,000
7080625 Engine operation during cylinder deactivation William C. Albertson, Alexander J. Roberts, Michael A. Kropinski 2006-07-25 $18,094,000
7059998 DOD control methods for manual transmissions Gregory P. Matthews, Alexander J. Roberts, Jeffrey J. Allen 2006-06-13 $6,736,000
7002460 Intelligent brake and reverse light control Alexander J. Roberts, Michael A. Kropinski 2006-02-21 $6,082,000
6990945 Vehicle fueling arrangement Michael A. Kropinski, Alexander N. Makris, Paul A. Bauerle 2006-01-31 $15,565,000
6874463 Engine and method of operation with cylinder deactivation Jeffrey J. Allen, Alexander J. Roberts 2005-04-05 $7,429,000
6843752 Torque converter slip control for displacement on demand 2005-01-18 $6,840,000
6510377 Environmental traffic recognition identification prediction strategies Tam Phung, Ronald C. Allison, James R. Yurgil, Xiaowen Dai 2003-01-21
6370469 Cruise control method Tam Phung, Ronald C. Allison, James R. Yurgil 2002-04-09