Inventor · Burbank, CA, US

Derek Howard

18Patents
6h-index
24Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: May 5, 2008 → Oct 26, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8141495B2 Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects Human Necessities 13 Active
US8360893B2 Roller coaster vehicle Human Necessities 12 Active
US7921781B2 Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects Human Necessities 11 Active
US8132513B2 Amusement park ride with a vehicle drive that decouples upon loss of power Human Necessities 10 Active
US9272224B2 Amusement park ride with cantilevered ride vehicles Human Necessities 9 Active
US8490550B2 Roller coaster with articulable seat backs Human Necessities 7 Active
US7806054B2 Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects Human Necessities 6 Active
US8527795B2 Changing processor performance from a throttled state during a power supply failure Physics 4 Active
US8636600B2 Roller coaster vehicle Human Necessities 3 Active
US9744930B2 Passenger restraint providing lateral leg containment in an amusement park ride vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US10155171B2 Track-based swing ride with long arm pendulum Human Necessities 2 Active
US11593401B1 Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data Physics 2 Active
US10213701B2 Passenger restraint for upright, straddle-type seating in an amusement park ride vehicle Human Necessities 0 Active
US11803573B2 Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data Physics 0 Active
US10442315B2 Roller coaster with passenger compartment motion powered through stored onboard energy Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US8328651B2 Roller coaster vehicle General 0 Revoked
US12189659B2 Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data Physics 0 Active
US11176009B2 Implementing power up detection in power down cycle to dynamically identify failed system component resulting in loss of resources preventing IPL Physics 0 Active

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