Gerard McVicker
48Patents
15h-index
42Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 11, 1990 → Dec 16, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5543787A | Keyboard with translating sections | Electricity | 126 | Expired |
| US5659307A | Keyboard with biased movable keyboard sections | Electricity | 103 | Expired |
| US5608608A | Cartridge-based design for portable and fixed computers | Physics | 96 | Expired |
| US7781883B2 | Electronic package with a thermal interposer and method of manufacturing the same | Electricity | 69 | Active |
| US7248467B2 | Apparatus for a shock absorber that allows a disk drive to move with respect to the chassis of a computer system | Physics | 56 | Expired |
| US6937432B2 | Mounting system for disk drive having a rotary actuator | Physics | 56 | Expired |
| US5970418A | Personal communicator including a handset phone with an integrated virtual image display | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US5180955A | Positioning apparatus | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6122139A | Disk drive rotary actuator system including synchronous counter torque generator | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US5748443A | Mating adapter between a module and chassis of a computer processing system | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US7477517B2 | Integrated heat spreader and exchanger | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Active |
| US6360104B1 | Personal communicator including a handset phone with an integrated virtual image display | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US5291112A | Positioning apparatus and movement sensor | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US5793607A | Ejection mechanism for PC cards | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US7896611B2 | Heat transfer device in a rotating structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Active |
| US6127832A | Electrical test tool having easily replaceable electrical probe | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6963463B2 | Rotational vibration velocity-based sensor for disk drives | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US7612446B2 | Structures to enhance cooling of computer memory modules | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US7667969B2 | Pump structures integral to a fluid filled heat transfer apparatus | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US8263879B2 | Axiocentric scrubbing land grid array contacts and methods for fabrication | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US6504388B2 | Electrical test tool having easily replaceable electrical probe | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US8322980B2 | Heat transfer device in a rotating structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| USD372471S | Keyboard | General | 7 | Expired |
| US9830823B1 | Detection of vehicle operation characteristics | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| USD384948S | Personal computer hinge cam | General | 6 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.