Inventor
HOFFMAN DONALD EDWARD
US18 patents
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FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC
14 patentsUS9175748B2Nov 3, 2015
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC49 citations93
US10247280B2Apr 2, 2019
Four planetary-gearset step-ratio automatic transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC11 citations84
US9103414B1Aug 11, 2015
Six shift-element step-ratio automatic transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC9 citations84
US9822856B2Nov 21, 2017
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC8 citations83
US9217494B2Dec 22, 2015
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC11 citations83
US10309506B2Jun 4, 2019
Multiple-mode continuously variable transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC2 citations73
US10145453B2Dec 4, 2018
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC3 citations73
US9423005B2Aug 23, 2016
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC3 citations73
US9109669B2Aug 18, 2015
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC2 citations62
US8016714B2Sep 13, 2011
Multiple speed transmission utilizing co-planar gear sets
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC2 citations62
US9638291B2May 2, 2017
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations52
US9625019B2Apr 18, 2017
Infinitely variable transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations52
US10344830B2Jul 9, 2019
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations51
US8986155B2Mar 24, 2015
Multi-speed transmission
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC0 citations41