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Michael L. Tracht — 46 Patents

LELear: 45 patents #14 of 1,996Top 1%
TGTrw Automotive Safety Systems Gmbh: 1 patents #69 of 159Top 45%
BMW: 1 patents #2,183 of 5,361Top 45%
Riedlingen, DE: #1 of 67 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #62,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
46 Patents All Time
Michael L. Tracht has been granted 46 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lear. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in May 2019. Michael L. Tracht ranks #62,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Michael L. Tracht in Riedlingen, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2008.peak 112000: 1 patents20002006: 1 patents2007: 8 patents20072008: 11 patents2009: 5 patents20092010: 3 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 6 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents2019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10286869 System and method for assembling a trim cover assembly Florian Reithmeier, Christopher Stahl 2019-05-14 $24,134,000
9452728 Seat assembly having a side airbag module Matthias Zimmermann, Eike Goetze 2016-09-27 $43,486,000
9174601 Vehicle seat assembly with air bag guide secured to an air bag 2015-11-03 $17,402,000
9027958 Vehicle seat assembly with side air bag and guide panel with spaced forward ends for creating a shearing force 2015-05-12 $18,198,000
8876154 Vehicle seat assembly having a back panel module Florian Reithmeier 2014-11-04 $6,691,000
8814203 Side air bag assembly for vehicle seat having external rigid deflector sleeve 2014-08-26 $16,357,000
8752863 Vehicle seat assembly with air bag module having integral protection member Peter Festag 2014-06-17 $24,960,000
8672352 Vehicle seat assembly with seat pad protection member Peter Festag 2014-03-18 $8,663,000
8662531 Vehicle seat assembly with inboard side air bag 2014-03-04 $6,594,000
8662530 Vehicle seat assembly with rigid air bag protection member Peter Festag 2014-03-04 $6,594,000
8573635 Vehicle seat assembly with air bag protection member Peter Festag 2013-11-05 $4,753,000
8439394 Air bag with integral protection member 2013-05-14 $12,008,000
8398112 Vehicle seat side air bag system 2013-03-19 $7,660,000
8167333 Secured force concentrator in a vehicular bolster for airbag retention and deployment Richard G. Dierl 2012-05-01 $25,480,000
8104789 Seat Rainer Penzel, Thomas Klisch, Sebastian Geithner, Wolfgang Hermann 2012-01-31 $26,815,000
8075053 Seat Rainer Penzel 2011-12-13 $10,993,000
7891701 Seat having a side airbag module Rainer Penzel, Thomas Klisch, Sebastian Geithner, Wolfgang Herrmann 2011-02-22 $5,048,000
7841656 Vehicle seat assembly with air bag seam rupturing means Rainer Penzel 2010-11-30 $11,381,000
7823912 Multiple panel pad shield in a vehicular side bolster for side airbag retention and deployment Rainer Penzel 2010-11-02 $7,018,000
7654612 Vehicle seat assembly with air bag seam rupturing means Rainer Penzel 2010-02-02 $178,647,000
7637529 Vehicle seat side air bag securement 2009-12-29 $152,898,000
7621557 Vehicle seat air bag guide having flexible panel with inner extremity grommet securement Sebastian Uschold 2009-11-24 $149,075,000
7607731 External side bag trim close outs 2009-10-27
7543847 Vehicle seat assembly with air bag seam rupturing force concentrator 2009-06-09 $2,578,000
7540529 Vehicle seat assembly Rainer Penzel 2009-06-02 $4,964,000