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Yan Zhang — 45 Patents

General Motors: 16 patents #886 of 18,328Top 5%
OCOkia Optical Co.: 6 patents #1 of 7Top 15%
WHWhirlpool: 6 patents #664 of 3,480Top 20%
TETessera: 4 patents #104 of 271Top 40%
RTX (Raytheon): 3 patents #3,886 of 15,912Top 25%
TCTsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co.: 1 patents #48 of 130Top 40%
GCGd Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co.: 1 patents #138 of 249Top 60%
MCMidea Group Co.: 1 patents #396 of 926Top 45%
CCChangzheng Engineering Co.: 1 patents #10 of 18Top 60%
Panasonic: 1 patents #13,316 of 21,108Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
Yan Zhang has been granted 45 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in July 2025. Yan Zhang ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Yan Zhang in Suzhou, NY, CN.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12351952 Fully-fashioned compression ski suit knitted by four-needle bed, and knitting method of fully-fashioned compression ski suit Chao Yan, Li Niu, Li Zhang 2025-07-08
12311729 Apparatus for assembling a heat pump Shicheng Zhang, Yunpeng Hou, Yuzhi Guo, Tong Wu, Pengfei Zhang +5 more 2025-05-27
D1063021 Electric heater 2025-02-18
D1040294 Air conditioner Zizheng Zhang, Jiho Jung 2024-08-27
11802699 Desktop air purifier with double-layer glass tube ultraviolet (UV) disinfection lamp Tianlan Zhang 2023-10-31
11713427 Gasification burner Shuanzhu Chen, Dong Ma, Jinjun Guo, Quan Zhou, Zhihong Ge +2 more 2023-08-01
11536508 Refrigerator mullion assembly with anti-condensation features Amit A. Avhale, Kapil Ayyawar, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E C. Pickles 2022-12-27 $10,753,000
D965876 Hair curler 2022-10-04
11320188 Beverage zone duct for triple evaporator refrigerator Amit A. Avhale, Taylor Clark, Benjamin G. Jimenez, E. C. Pickles, Richard A. Spletzer +1 more 2022-05-03 $11,194,000
11235392 Monitoring material soldification byproducts during additive manufacturing Yu Long, Sergey Mironets, Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Agnes Klucha 2022-02-01 $28,203,000
10907880 Refrigerator mullion assembly with anti-condensation features Amit A. Avhale, Kapil Ayyawar, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E C. Pickles 2021-02-02 $3,781,000
10823479 Multi-evaporator appliance having a multi-directional valve for delivering refrigerant to the evaporators Amit A. Avhale, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E. C. Pickles, Vijaykumar Sathyamurthi 2020-11-03 $8,199,000
10514194 Multi-evaporator appliance having a multi-directional valve for delivering refrigerant to the evaporators Amit A. Avhale, Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni, E. C. Pickles, Vijaykumar Sathyamurthi 2019-12-24 $8,009,000
10502478 Heat rejection system for a condenser of a refrigerant loop within an appliance Amit A. Avhale, Bruno Boehringer, Darci Cavali, E. C. Pickles, Vijaykumar Sathyamurthi +1 more 2019-12-10 $5,453,000
10401644 Thermoplastic laminate, decorative part for eyewear and process of preparation thereof Chi Ho Lam 2019-09-03
10343217 Nanoparticle enhancement for additive manufacturing Wayde R. Schmidt 2019-07-09 $15,682,000
9594256 Thermoplastic laminate, decorative part for eyewear and process of preparation thereof Chi Ho Lam 2017-03-14
9533371 Apparatus and method for on line surface enhancement of a workpiece Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Daniel V. Viens, Robert A. Grelotti, Joseph J. Sangiovanni, John F. Zimmerman 2017-01-03 $25,486,000
9498082 Self-cleaning milk foaming device 2016-11-22
9502726 Cathode humidification unit adapting degradation factor John P. Nolan, Daniel T. Folmsbee, Derek R. Lebzelter 2016-11-22 $12,431,000
9028989 Fuel cell system having a fluid flow distribution feature Steven R. Falta, Steven D. Burch, Glenn W. Skala 2015-05-12 $16,280,000
8828296 Method of making eyeglass frame by injection molding Yin Sang Lam 2014-09-09
8652385 Method of manufacturing a decorative article with sealed decorative laminated sheet Yin Sang Lam, Yan Zou 2014-02-18
8624503 Collector-radiator structure for an electrohydrodynamic cooling system Nels Jewell-Larsen, Matt Schwiebert, Ken Honer 2014-01-07
8545010 Dual lens eyeglasses Yin Sang Lam, Yousheng WANG 2013-10-01