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George D. Pfaffmann — 34 Patents

TOTocco: 22 patents #1 of 26Top 4%
CCContinental Can Company: 4 patents #6 of 56Top 15%
PIPark-Ohio Industries: 2 patents #4 of 33Top 15%
AMAjax Tocco Magnethermic: 1 patents #14 of 25Top 60%
Farmington, MI: #6 of 283 inventorsTop 3%
Michigan: #1,801 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
George D. Pfaffmann has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tocco. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in February 2013. George D. Pfaffmann ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list George D. Pfaffmann in Farmington, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8372222 Method of producing locally austempered ductile iron John R. Keough, Robert Madeira, Christopher Allen Bixler 2013-02-12
7269986 Method of forming a tubular blank into a structural component and die therefor William C. Dykstra, Marc R. Matsen 2007-09-18
7024897 Method of forming a tubular blank into a structural component and die therefor William C. Dykstra, Marc R. Matsen 2006-04-11
7003996 Method of forming a tubular blank into a structural component and die therefor William C. Dykstra, Xin Wu 2006-02-28
6613164 Method of forming a tubular blank into a structural component and die therefor William C. Dykstra, Xin Wu 2003-09-02
6322645 Method of forming a tubular blank into a structural component and die therefor William C. Dykstra, Xin Wu 2001-11-27
5373143 Apparatus and method of measuring temperature 1994-12-13
5302215 Method and apparatus for selectively heating a workpiece subjected to low temperature thermomechanical processing 1994-04-12
5250776 Apparatus and method of measuring temperature 1993-10-05
5157232 Method and apparatus for inductively heating asymmetrically shaped workpieces 1992-10-20
5117613 Induction heating and package sealing system and method 1992-06-02
5025123 Apparatus and method for sealing a lid onto a container Charles S. Kubis, John P. Currie, Norbert R. Balzer, John Walter, Graham R. Adams 1991-06-18 $482,000
5009395 Method and apparatus for selectively heating a workpiece subjected to low temperature thermomechanical processing 1991-04-23
4996826 Apparatus and method for sealing a lid onto a container Norbert R. Balzer, Charles S. Kubis, John Walter 1991-03-05 $550,000
4984414 Apparatus and method for sealing a lid onto a container Charles S. Kubis, John P. Currie, Norbert R. Balzer, John Walter, Graham R. Adams 1991-01-15 $364,000
4941306 Apparatus and method for sealing a lid onto a container Norbert R. Balzer, Charles S. Kubis, John Walter, John P. Currie, Graham R. Adams 1990-07-17 $335,000
4897518 Method of monitoring induction heating cycle George M. Mucha, Jonathan W. Alexander, Richard H. McKelvey 1990-01-30
4894501 Method and apparatus for induction heating of gear teeth Norbert R. Balzer, George M. Mucha, Donald E. Novorsky 1990-01-16
4855551 Method and apparatus for hardening gears George M. Mucha, Donald E. Novorsky 1989-08-08
4855556 Method and apparatus for hardening gears and similar workpieces George M. Mucha, Donald E. Novorsky 1989-08-08
4816633 Method of monitoring induction heating cycle George M. Mucha, Jonathan W. Alexander, Richard H. McKelvey 1989-03-28
4791259 Method and apparatus for retaining a valve seat insert 1988-12-13
4785147 System for hardening gears by induction heating George M. Mucha, Donald E. Novorsky 1988-11-15
4757170 Method and apparatus for induction heating gears and similar workpieces George M. Mucha, Donald E. Novorsky 1988-07-12
4749834 Method and apparatus of hardening gears by induction heating George M. Mucha, Donald E. Novorsky 1988-06-07