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Virgil R. Hester
Also filed as: HESTER VIRGIL R · HESTER VIRGIL RAYMOND
8 granted patents·1 pending application·72 citations·filing 1990–2007
86Inventor score
Files withCATERPILLAR INC8
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9 records- 0178US5168189ASolderless connector for a solid state motor stackCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 1, 1992·34 cites·8 claims
- 0266US7988787B2Workpiece support system and methodCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 2, 2011·1 cites·12 claims
- 0350US5635120AProcess for forming a mullite-zirconia engine partCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 3, 1997·10 cites·4 claims
- 0445US6054402AMullite-zirconia engine partCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 25, 2000·7 cites·8 claims
- 0538US5620645AProcess for forming high temperature resistant elementsCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 15, 1997·7 cites·10 claims
- 0636US7541010B2Silver doped catalysts for treatment of exhaustCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 2, 2009·3 cites·17 claims
- 0736US5191687AProcess for making piezoelectric stacksCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1990·Granted Mar 9, 1993·6 cites·9 claims
- 0835US5690724AProcess and composition for slip casting a ceramic powderCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 25, 1997·4 cites·6 claims
- 0929US2003118960A1Lean NOx aftertreatment systemFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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