Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

David Edward Bryan

40Patents
11h-index
27Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 2, 1988 → Apr 12, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4888990A Sight glass apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5638606A Spider and lifter assembly for centrifugal pellet dryer Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US9320166B1 Multi-shelf power-pooling bus Electricity 21 Active
US6237244A Centrifugal pellet dryer for small applications Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US9936611B1 Modular mass storage system Electricity 19 Active
US6807748B2 Centrifugal pellet dryer Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US9363926B1 Modular mass storage system with staggered backplanes Electricity 15 Active
US9807911B1 Computer system with external bypass air plenum Electricity 14 Active
US9448601B1 Modular mass storage system with controller Physics 12 Active
US9474190B1 Computer system with side plenum cooling Electricity 12 Active
US9578786B1 Computer system with bypass air plenum Electricity 12 Active
US9164557B1 Managing power pooled from multiple shelves of a rack Electricity 10 Active
US8220177B2 Centrifugal pellet dryer screen with integral embossed deflector strips Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Active
US10398056B1 Near real-time custom server assembly Electricity 8 Active
US11388835B1 Placement of custom servers Electricity 8 Active
US10398060B1 Discrete cooling module Electricity 7 Active
US11191181B1 Custom server assembly Physics 7 Active
US9910471B1 Reconfigurable array of backup battery units Physics 7 Active
US9891685B1 Reconfigurable backup battery unit Physics 6 Active
US10534417B1 Mass storage device electrical power consumption monitoring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9229504B1 Power bus aggregated from shelf-level bus elements Physics 6 Active
US10426060B2 Modular mass storage system Electricity 5 Active
US10983785B1 Firmware updating of power units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9583936B1 Limiting the effects of faults in a data center Electricity 5 Active
US9223664B1 Energy storage for memory protection during power event Physics 5 Active

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