David Christopher Black
15Patents
8h-index
23Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 25, 1989 → Jan 13, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.