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Neil G. Goodbred — 11 Patents

LELear: 8 patents #155 of 1,996Top 8%
General Motors: 2 patents #6,303 of 18,328Top 35%
AIAtoma International: 1 patents #72 of 135Top 55%
Royal Oak, MI: #128 of 1,428 inventorsTop 9%
Michigan: #8,574 of 86,293 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Neil G. Goodbred has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lear. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in July 2014. Neil G. Goodbred ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Neil G. Goodbred in Royal Oak, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2004.peak 21987: 1 patents19871989: 1 patents19891998: 1 patents19982004: 2 patents20042005: 2 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents20102014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8783640 Rotatable drive connection that reduces chatter 2014-07-22 $14,076,000
7850137 Latch system for an adjustable vehicle seat David Abdella, Ryan Kadlec, Scott Kropfreiter, John R. Sims 2010-12-14 $3,613,000
7278331 Drive nut with structural extrusion drive area for vehicle seat adjuster Alan M. Wagner 2007-10-09 $25,262,000
7082854 Positive engagement latch mechanism with multiple loading features David Abdella 2006-08-01 $3,377,000
6948693 Vehicle seat adjuster 2005-09-27 $7,216,000
6886797 Seat track assembly Keith McCullen, Keith Hensley, Randy Gage, Sunil Gupte, Tony Centi +1 more 2005-05-03 $4,101,000
6767063 Automotive easy-entry assembly David Abdella, Paul Golarz 2004-07-27 $3,143,000
6761407 Vehicle-seat assembly 2004-07-13 $17,340,000
5741000 Vehicle seat track assembly 1998-04-21
4881827 Apparatus and method of anti-ratcheting vehicle seat adjuster slide Hans J. Borlinghaus, Michael G. Orlowsky, Mladen Humer, Steven J. Cooper 1989-11-21
4711589 Manual seat adjuster with cam lock 1987-12-08