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Eric Michael Tunks — 57 Patents

DPDell Products: 57 patents #73 of 6,855Top 2%
Austin, TX: #360 of 18,064 inventorsTop 2%
Texas: #1,383 of 125,132 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #42,642 of 4,157,543Top 2%
57 Patents All Time
Eric Michael Tunks has been granted 57 US patents while listed as an inventor at Dell Products. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in September 2025. Eric Michael Tunks ranks #42,642 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.0%). Patent records list Eric Michael Tunks in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2021.peak 92004: 1 patents20042011: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 3 patents2018: 5 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 9 patents2022: 9 patents20222023: 6 patents2024: 9 patents20242025: 8 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 57 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426149 Heater apparatus for a computing device Richard Eiland 2025-09-23
12349311 Systems and methods for filling and draining liquid of a liquid cooling system Ben John Sy, Camden Schreeder, Ian Greener, Nathaniel Honl, Andre Branco +3 more 2025-07-01
12346177 Self-calculating filter fouling thresholds Donnie W. Gerhart, Seth Law 2025-07-01
12336136 Multi-device chassis air filter characterization system Michael Albert Perks, Donald W. Gerhart, John R. Stuewe 2025-06-17
12317446 System and method for improving rate of air flow through data processing systems Julian Yu-Hao Chen, Shun-Cheng Hsu, Austin Michael Shelnutt 2025-05-27
12295131 Vacuum static service bag for servers Ayedin Nikazm 2025-05-06
12292770 Independent active cooling and heating control loop per component Joseph A. Vivio, Ayedin Nikazm, John R. Stuewe, Tyler B. Duncan 2025-05-06
12248302 System and method for fan control across wide ambient temperatures Donald W. Gerhart, Alaric Joaquim Narcissius Silveira, Balamurugan Gnanasambandam, Curtis Ray Genz, Randy Alton Frazier +1 more 2025-03-11
12101913 Variable topography heat sink fins Timothy M. Lambert, Daniel Alvarado 2024-09-24
12085966 Predictive open loop pre-heating of electronic devices in cold environments Ayedin Nikazm, John R. Stuewe, Joseph A. Vivio 2024-09-10
12010817 Method and system for thermal excursion monitor and control Ayedin Nikazm, Donald W. Gerhart, Michael Stumpf 2024-06-11
12004336 System and method for thermal management and electromagnetic interference management Steven Embleton, Ben John Sy, Rene J. Salas 2024-06-04
11968807 Heater apparatus and air circulation component-integrated bezel for a computing device Ayedin Nikazm, Richard Eiland, Tyler B. Duncan 2024-04-23
11968808 Heater apparatus-integrated bezel for a computing device Ayedin Nikazm, Richard Eiland, Tyler B. Duncan 2024-04-23
11937396 Heater apparatus-integrated top cover for a computing device Ayedin Nikazm, Joseph A. Vivio 2024-03-19
11925003 Heating or cooling apparatus-integrated heat sink for a computing device Joseph A. Vivio, Tyler B. Duncan 2024-03-05
11906438 System and method for optical state determination Steven Embleton, Ben John Sy 2024-02-20
11812580 Modular breakout cable Travis Christopher West-Edwards 2023-11-07
11758686 Induction heater-integrated air mover Owen Kidd, Walt R. Carver 2023-09-12
11706900 Passive and active environmental management of an information handling system Ayedin Nikazm, Joseph A. Vivio 2023-07-18
11687130 Heater apparatus-integrated peripheral component interconnect card for a computing device John R. Stuewe, Ayedin Nikazm 2023-06-27
11644425 System and method for optical state determination Steven Embleton, Ben John Sy 2023-05-09
11602081 System and method for louver-integrated directional airflow fans Xinzhi Ma 2023-03-07
11409474 Systems and methods for communicating externally from a sealed volume Steve Embleton, Ben John Sy, Travis Christopher West-Edwards 2022-08-09
11399450 System and method for managing electromagnetic interference Steven Embleton, Ben John Sy 2022-07-26