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Thomas A. Welch, Sr. — 16 Patents

LELear: 15 patents #71 of 1,996Top 4%
TITricon Industries, Incorporated: 1 patents #5 of 17Top 30%
Ortonville, MI: #15 of 227 inventorsTop 7%
Michigan: #5,466 of 86,293 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Thomas A. Welch, Sr. has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lear. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in January 2024. Thomas A. Welch, Sr. ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Thomas A. Welch, Sr. in Ortonville, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11858394 Close-out for armrest cavity Ronald L. Miotto, Alexandar Serafimovski, Carina Navarro, Anne P. Aleksa, Mark Allyn Folkert 2024-01-02 $8,343,000
11659883 Facemask for a helmet and faceguard Benedict J. Messina, Mark Allyn Folkert 2023-05-30 $23,047,000
11155191 Seat assembly having improved trim appearance and method and tool for making the same Ashford A. Galbreath, Asad S. Ali, Gregory Alan Lymburner, Paul S. Severinski, Gary Rock +2 more 2021-10-26 $70,686,000
10676000 Layered seating system with attachments Ashford A. Galbreath, Thomas S. Hicks, Ronald L. Miotto, Asad S. Ali, Mark Allyn Folkert +3 more 2020-06-09 $31,482,000
10625645 Trim clip Ashley Baisch, Mark Allyn Folkert, Randall Riddle, William Paruszkiewicz 2020-04-21 $11,537,000
10160357 Seat assembly having improved trim appearance and method and tool for making the same Ashford A. Galbreath, Asad S. Ali, Gregory Alan Lymburner, Paul S. Severinski, Gary Rock +2 more 2018-12-25
10144320 Trim cover assembly with elastically deformable fasteners Louella Ann Patterson, James B. Clauser, Laura Schulz, William Paruszkiewicz, Pusheng Chen +1 more 2018-12-04 $24,487,000
9555728 Layered seating system with attachments Ashford A. Galbreath, Thomas S. Hicks, Ronald L. Miotto, Asad S. Ali, Mark Allyn Folkert +3 more 2017-01-31 $54,759,000
8814267 Vehicle seat trim paddle attachment William Paruszkiewicz, James B. Clauser, Jeffrey Joseph Frelich, Paul S. Severinski, Louella Ann Patterson 2014-08-26 $16,357,000
8783768 Leather trim cover assembly with stretch reduction Paul S. Severinski, Karl Henn, Pusheng Chen, Louella Ann Patterson, Larry Hulme +3 more 2014-07-22 $14,076,000
8776554 Method of processing leather material Pusheng Chen, Louella Ann Patterson, Ashford A. Galbreath, Paul S. Severinski 2014-07-15 $4,727,000
8511243 Sewing machine and a method of operation Jacinto Gonzalez, Paul S. Severinski, Oscar Fernando Dominguez, Michael U. Alvarez, Noe Cepeda Santos 2013-08-20 $23,747,000
8215810 Interior components having illumination features Paul S. Severinski, Pusheng Chen, Paula J. Bird, Benedict J. Messina, Bryan L. Orlando 2012-07-10 $4,392,000
8113539 Automotive seat trim cover William Paruszkiewicz, Louella Ann Patterson, James B. Clauser, Paul S. Severinski 2012-02-14 $30,640,000
7637531 Vehicle seat side air bag assembly William Paruszkiewicz, James B. Clauser 2009-12-29 $152,898,000
5531505 Head restraint for passenger vehicles Robert J. Baetz, John Dewar, Douglas K. Dunsmore, Christopher Harbowy, Dennis A. Majewski +1 more 1996-07-02