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Norman M. Wereley — 21 Patents

TETechno-Sciences: 12 patents #1 of 23Top 5%
UPUniversity Of Maryland, College Park: 10 patents #13 of 1,056Top 2%
UMUniversity Of Maryland: 8 patents #4 of 857Top 1%
General Motors: 3 patents #4,723 of 18,328Top 30%
INInnovital: 1 patents #6 of 9Top 70%
Potomac, MD: #63 of 998 inventorsTop 7%
Maryland: #1,125 of 35,612 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Norman M. Wereley has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Techno-Sciences. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in December 2024. Norman M. Wereley ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Norman M. Wereley in Potomac, MD, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2011.peak 62004: 1 patents20042010: 2 patents20102011: 6 patents20112012: 3 patents20122013: 4 patents20132014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162021: 1 patents20212024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12172923 Composition with tunable energy absorbing properties Jungjin Park, John M. Howard, Matthew Demay, Avi Edery 2024-12-24 $69,998,000
11034442 Universal vehicle with improved stability for safe operation in air, water and terrain environments Evandro Gurgel do Amaral Valente, Eduardo Gurgel Do Amaral Valente 2021-06-15
9486883 Fluidic artificial muscle actuator and swaging process therefor Benjamin K. S. Woods, Curt S. Kothera 2016-11-08
9109654 Failsafe magnetorheological (MR) energy absorber Gregory J. Hiemenz 2015-08-18
8904919 Extensile fluidic muscle actuator Benjamin K. S. Woods, Curt S. Kothera, Shane M. Boyer 2014-12-09
8573534 Fluidic artificial muscle actuation system for trailing-edge flap Curt S. Kothera, Benjamin K. S. Woods 2013-11-05
8424656 Rotary vane magnetorheological (MR) energy absorber Gregory J. Hiemenz, Wei Hu, Grum T. Ngatu 2013-04-23
8413772 Magnetorheological fluid elastic lag damper for helicopter rotors Wei Hu, Curt S. Kothera, Peter Chen, Grum T. Ngatu 2013-04-09
8401740 Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat Gregory J. Hiemenz, Curt S. Kothera 2013-03-19
8307753 Fluidic artificial muscle actuator and swaging process therefor Benjamin K. S. Woods, Curt S. Kothera 2012-11-13
8311705 Constant force control methodology for shock absorption Gang Wang, Gregory J. Hiemenz, Young-Tai Choi 2012-11-13
8285495 Corrosion inspection and monitoring system Ashish Purekar, Peter Chen 2012-10-09
7931240 Cellular support structures used for controlled actuation of fluid contact surfaces Curt S. Kothera, Benjamin K. S. Woods, Peter Chen, Edward A. Bubert 2011-04-26
7930150 Method of designing magnetorheological fluid energy absorbing device using hydromechanical analysis Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Young-Tai Choi, Wei Hu, Min Mao 2011-04-19 $18,864,000
7921973 Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat Gregory J. Hiemenz, Wei Hu, Gang Wang, Peter Chen 2011-04-12
7900755 Bi-fold valve-type magnetorheological fluid energy absorbing device Alan L. Browne, John C. Ulicny, Chandra S. Namuduri, Nancy L. Johnson, Young-Tai Choi +2 more 2011-03-08 $10,094,000
7878312 Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat Gregory J. Hiemenz, Wei Hu, Peter Chen 2011-02-01
7874407 System and method for magnetorheological-fluid damping utilizing porous media Wei Hu, Eugene A. Cook, Alan L. Browne 2011-01-25
7837144 Fluid-driven artificial muscles as mechanisms for controlled actuation Curt S. Kothera, Benjamin K. S. Woods, Jayant Sirohi, Peter Chen 2010-11-23
7822522 Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat Gregory J. Hiemenz, Young-Tai Choi, Gang Wang, Peter Chen 2010-10-26
6694856 Magnetorheological damper and energy dissipation method Peter Chen 2004-02-24