Inventor · Thornton, CO, US

David Christopher Black

15Patents
8h-index
23Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 25, 1989 → Jan 13, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4928306A Dynamically configurable telephone Electricity 49 Expired
US5008902A Automatic baud rate detection Electricity 43 Expired
US5848872A Apparatus for handling cartridges in a storage library system Physics 24 Expired
US6068436A Pass thru mechanism for transferring media cartridges between automated cartridge library systems Physics 24 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
US6438448B1 Self aligning robotic arm calibration apparatus Physics 9 Expired
US6690994B1 System and method for recovering an automated robotic device in a data storage library Physics 8 Expired
US5345495A Data diagnostics with leds on the face of a telephone Electricity 8 Expired
US6643565B2 Self aligning robotic arm calibration apparatus Physics 3 Expired
US6161888A High speed gripper assembly for use in automated tape libraries Physics 3 Expired
US6160681A Method for preventing excessive force exerted on a lever assembly Physics 2 Expired
US6208483A Gripper-positioning component for storage library system Physics 1 Expired
US5991117A Break away lever for a tape drive handle Physics 1 Expired
US8665554B2 Ratcheting gripper for a storage library Physics 0 Active
US9384775B2 Ratcheting gripper for a storage library Physics 0 Active

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