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Ronald E. Prater — 16 Patents

KOKoppy: 11 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
RORonjo: 1 patents #4 of 6Top 70%
Fort Wayne, IN: #84 of 1,899 inventorsTop 5%
Indiana: #2,086 of 33,936 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Ronald E. Prater has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Koppy. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in July 2007. Ronald E. Prater ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Ronald E. Prater in Fort Wayne, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1999.peak 51988: 1 patents19881989: 2 patents19891990: 1 patents19901999: 5 patents19992000: 3 patents20002004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7243770 Clutch assembly including strengthening members 2007-07-17
7032729 Torque converter Joseph Szuba 2006-04-25
6945086 Clutch assembly including strengthening members 2005-09-20
6776274 Assembly for vehicle driveline components 2004-08-17
6158265 Method of forming retaining members on a housing 2000-12-12
6058591 Clutch drum and method of manufacture 2000-05-09
6035737 Assembly having an outer band member secured to an inner housing 2000-03-14
6007430 Two-piece carrier assembly 1999-12-28
5906135 Coast clutch with power take off gear 1999-05-25
5896970 Clutch housing 1999-04-27
5893704 Torque converter 1999-04-13
5881856 Clutch drum and method of manufacture 1999-03-16
4943225 Mandrel for making elastomeric articles 1990-07-24
D300837 Simulative toy balloon 1989-04-25
4797081 Mandrel for making elastomeric articles 1989-01-10
D297746 Simulative toy balloon 1988-09-20