Eric A. Eckberg
84Patents
16h-index
114Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 10, 1993 → Oct 1, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7660116B2 | Rack with integrated rear-door heat exchanger | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 96 | Active |
| US5659441A | Mechanical device enclosure for high performance tape drive | Physics | 93 | Expired |
| US8789384B2 | Computer rack cooling using independently-controlled flow of coolants through a dual-section heat exchanger | Electricity | 56 | Active |
| US5726834A | Actuator for servo actuated tape drive | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US5363261A | Disk drive actuator latch | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US5949619A | Servo actuated read/write head actuator assembly for a tape drive | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US5969901A | Gasket frame for grounding an actuator flex cable in a disc drive | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US9321136B2 | Multi-rack, door-mounted heat exchanger | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Active |
| US7684196B2 | Enhancing the cooling of dual in-line memory modules | Electricity | 30 | Active |
| US5793573A | Hybrid actuator servo actuated tape drive having a pivotally mounted motion transmission member | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US5826325A | Method of merging heads | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US8827331B2 | Shape memory alloy locking mechanism | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Active |
| US7486516B2 | Mounting a heat sink in thermal contact with an electronic component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Active |
| US7375963B2 | System and method for cooling a module | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US8925739B2 | High-capacity computer rack with rear-accessible side bays | Electricity | 17 | Active |
| US9351428B2 | Blind docking apparatus to enable liquid cooling in compute nodes | Electricity | 17 | Active |
| US5677806A | Head locking apparatus in a servo system so that the head can read and write data on a tape without servo trucks | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US7975860B2 | Toolless rail mounting for a computer system rack | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US8385067B2 | In-line memory and circuit board cooling system | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US5739984A | damping loop for a tape drive actuator with a servo control system | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US5768068A | Head/suspension design having fewer signal wires and making the same | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US8693198B2 | Structural configuration of a heat exchanger door for an electronics rack | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US8804334B2 | Multi-rack, door-mounted heat exchanger | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US7606033B2 | Mounting a heat sink in thermal contact with an electronic component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US7345881B2 | Non-influencing fastener for mounting a heat sink in contact with an electronic component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.