Inventor · Farmington Hills, MI, US

Michael M. Schechter

62Patents
22h-index
13Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 1, 1978 → Oct 14, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5377631A Skip-cycle strategies for four cycle engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 204 Expired
US6223846A Vehicle operating method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 114 Expired
US5255641A Variable engine valve control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US5275136A Variable engine valve control system with hydraulic damper Physics 65 Expired
US7231998B1 Operating a vehicle with braking energy recovery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US5255637A Internal combustion engine with adaptive control of compression ratio Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US7607503B1 Operating a vehicle with high fuel efficiency Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US5136987A Variable displacement and compression ratio piston engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 50 Expired
US5419301A Adaptive control of camless valvetrain Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US5456222A Spool valve control of an electrohydraulic camless valvetrain Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 43 Expired
US5572961A Balancing valve motion in an electrohydraulic camless valvetrain Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 42 Expired
US5233948A Variable cycle engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5410994A Fast start hydraulic system for electrohydraulic valvetrain Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 36 Expired
US7958872B1 Airless engine with gas and water recycling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US5367990A Part load gas exchange strategy for an engine with variable lift camless valvetrain Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5404844A Part load gas exchange strategy for an engine with variable lift camless valvetrain Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US4327695A Unit fuel injector assembly with feedback control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5862790A Method of generating turbulence with intra-cycle cooling for spark ignition engines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5117784A Internal combustion engine camshaft phaseshift control system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US4790277A Self-adjusting fuel injection system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4899714A Air/gas forced fuel injection system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
US5165368A Internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US7543668B1 Operating an air-hybrid vehicle with two-stage compression and expansion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US5456221A Rotary hydraulic valve control of an electrohydraulic camless valvetrain Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US5064166A Solenoid valve with high flow capacity and low energy consumption Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.