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Thomas M. McHugh — 21 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 19 patents #67 of 1,840Top 4%
AIAmbac Industries, Incorporated: 2 patents #8 of 24Top 35%
Manchester, CT: #31 of 606 inventorsTop 6%
Connecticut: #1,867 of 34,797 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Thomas M. McHugh has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in March 1999. Thomas M. McHugh ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Thomas M. McHugh in Manchester, CT, US.

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Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5880414 Elevator door brake, brake, lock, and hold-open Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Frank Guliuzza, Jr., Edward E. Ahigian, Richard E. Kulak +3 more 1999-03-09 $22,278,000
5808246 Triac drive for three-phase line-powered linear induction motor elevator door operator Richard E. Peruggi, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Thomas M. Kowalczyk +3 more 1998-09-15 $6,891,000
5736693 Elevator door drive using dual secondary linear induction motor Zbigniew Piech, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Edward E. Ahigian, Richard E. Kulak +3 more 1998-04-07 $14,131,000
5732796 Elevator car evacuation deterrent device Edward E. Ahigian, David W. Barrett, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1998-03-31 $17,285,000
5682023 Time-optimal control of an AC line-driven linear motor elevator door operator Richard E. Peruggi, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Thomas M. Kowalczyk +2 more 1997-10-28 $11,835,000
5669465 Elevator hoistway door bolt lock Richard E. Kulak, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1997-09-23 $16,948,000
5668355 Elevator cab door drive system Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Edward E. Ahigian, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1997-09-16 $18,140,000
5651427 Elevator door coupling and hold-close apparatus Richard E. Kulak, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1997-07-29 $12,363,000
5651428 Stationary actuator moving vane elevator car door coupling Edward E. Ahigian, David W. Barrett, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1997-07-29 $12,363,000
5612518 Linear induction motor door drive assembly for elevators Jerome F. Jaminet, Zbigniew Piech, Frank Guliuzza, Jr., Edward E. Ahigian, Thomas He +4 more 1997-03-18 $12,269,000
5538106 Rotationally stiff elevator car door coupling Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Richard E. Kulak, Thomas He, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet +2 more 1996-07-23 $11,833,000
5509504 Velocity regulated, open current loop, variable voltage, variable frequency, linear induction motor drive for an elevator car door David W. Barrett, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1996-04-23 $8,851,000
5503248 Maintaining open loop current drive to linear induction motor Richard E. Peruggi, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Thomas M. Kowalczyk +2 more 1996-04-02 $11,979,000
5495918 Smooth and quiet linear induction motor elevator door operation Richard E. Peruggi, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Thomas M. Kowalczyk +2 more 1996-03-05 $8,675,000
5494137 Elevator door mounting system Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Jerome F. Jaminet, Edward E. Ahigian, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1996-02-27 $26,823,000
5487449 Magnetic elevator door coupling David W. Barrett, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1996-01-30 $11,690,000
5485896 Rotary elevator car door coupling Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1996-01-23 $5,072,000
5454447 Elevator hoistway door bolt lock Richard E. Kulak, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1995-10-03 $6,134,000
5435415 Cammed wedge elevator car door coupling Richard E. Kulak, Edward E. Ahigian, Jerome F. Jaminet, Thomas He, Richard E. Peruggi +2 more 1995-07-25 $5,410,000
4760830 Method and apparatus for controlling fuel injection timing in a compression ignition engine Robert H. Bullis, Robert Didomenico, John A. Kimberley, Christopher A. Parent, James R. Voss +1 more 1988-08-02
4463729 Method and apparatus for controlling fuel injection timing in a compression ignition engine Robert H. Bullis, Robert Didomenico, John A. Kimberley, Christopher A. Parent, James R. Voss +1 more 1984-08-07