Malcolm E. Kirkwood
28Patents
15h-index
22Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 2, 1988 → Jun 30, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6808053B2 | Torque transfer device having an electric motor/brake actuator and friction clutch | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 92 | Expired |
| US5566802A | Continuous slip hydrokinetic torque converter clutch interface with curcuitous groove for cooling and wetting clutch interface zone | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
| US6000510A | Functionally enhanced hydrokinetic device having clutch assembly operable at low engine speeds | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 29 | Expired |
| US5246399A | Two-stage torsional vibration damper | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US7175557B2 | Torque vectoring device having an electric motor/brake actuator and friction clutch | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 25 | Expired |
| US6962227B1 | Torque vectoring drive axle assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US4867290A | High excursion torsional vibration damper for controlled energy absorption | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Expired |
| US7294086B2 | Hydraulic control system for multiple clutches in a motor vehicle | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Active |
| US7491145B2 | Dynamic traction control system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Active |
| US5337867A | Torque converter having a continuous slip bypass clutch with multiple friction plates | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 20 | Expired |
| US5313793A | Torque converter having axial type reactor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 18 | Expired |
| US6808052B2 | Torque transfer device with double ball screw clutch actuator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US5954608A | Drive speed control system utilizing inflatable bladders | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US5771691A | Torque converter having spatially oriented flat turbine blades | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US5070974A | Hydraulic torsional vibration damper | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US6848550B2 | Torque transfer system with two stage ball ramp/clutch actuation | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US7080707B2 | Torque vectoring drive axle assembly | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Expired |
| US6945375B2 | Torque transfer device having an electric motor/brake actuator and friction clutch | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US7211019B2 | Torque vectoring drive mechanism having a power sharing control system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 9 | Expired |
| US7361113B2 | Torque distributing drive unit for motor vehicles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Active |
| US7813857B2 | Power transfer assembly with torque sensors and torque control system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Active |
| US7503866B2 | Axle assembly with torque vectoring drive mechanism | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Active |
| US6675677B2 | Transfer case with multi-gear transfer mechanism | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
| US6931964B2 | Transfer case with multi-gear transfer mechanism | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US8113981B2 | Multi-speed epicyclic powershift transmission | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.