Inventor · Superior, CO, US

Daniel James Plutt

61Patents
14h-index
32Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 8, 1987 → Oct 19, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4898389A Impact indicating golf training device Human Necessities 147 Expired
US6262863A Automated storage library with rail mechanism providing flexible robot access Physics 128 Expired
US6494663B2 Method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between automated storage libraries Physics 82 Expired
US6570734B2 Automated storage library with multiple independent robots Physics 71 Expired
US7273344B2 Library service port Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US8035972B2 Method and apparatus for liquid cooling computer equipment Physics 34 Active
US6409450B1 Library service port Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6808353B2 Method of non-disruptive capacity scaling for a data storage library Physics 33 Expired
US6068436A Pass thru mechanism for transferring media cartridges between automated cartridge library systems Physics 24 Expired
US6155766A Small library robotics guidance mechanism Physics 23 Expired
US6441991B2 Small library horseshoe architecture Physics 17 Expired
US6550391B1 Method and system for moving cartridges between storage libraries Physics 16 Expired
US6736583B2 Method and system for sharing robotic mechanisms between automated storage libraries Physics 16 Expired
US8134799B1 Gripper assembly for data storage system Physics 16 Active
US6126257A Two position removable quick load tape cartridge magazine Physics 14 Expired
US6591164B1 Library failover method using hot spare redundant picker mechanism Physics 14 Expired
US6918040B2 Method and system for providing field scalability across a storage product family Physics 12 Expired
US6754037B1 Small library horseshoe architecture Physics 11 Expired
US7230791B1 Rack-mounted storage library having segmented panel assemblies Physics 10 Expired
US7184242B1 Self-contained robotics module for storage library Physics 10 Expired
US6922307B2 Double density data storage library using back to back array walls Physics 9 Expired
US5774301A Apparatus for latching and ejecting cartridges from a cartridge tape drive in a storage library system and detection system therefor Physics 9 Expired
US5456569A Balanced horizontal axis assembly for use in an automated memory cartridge system Physics 9 Expired
US5143459A Bayonet spindle mount and a method therefore Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US7004392B2 Barcode single laser scanner targeting Physics 8 Expired

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