Inventor · Rochester, MN, US

Eric A. Eckberg

84Patents
16h-index
114Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 10, 1993 → Oct 1, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.