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Derek I. Schmidt

IBM: 16 patents #6,952 of 70,183Top 10%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 4 patents #155 of 1,012Top 20%
Raleigh, NC: #396 of 6,378 inventorsTop 7%
North Carolina: #2,285 of 45,564 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #222,522 of 4,157,543Top 6%
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Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10292320 Internal PCI adapter card carrier Daniel P. Kelaher, James S. Womble 2019-05-14
9668382 Coolant distribution unit for a multi-node chassis Mark E. Steinke, Jason A. Matteson, Vinod Kamath 2017-05-30
9583851 Orthogonal card edge connector Paul A. Wormsbecher, Tony C. Sass, Jonathan R. Hinkle 2017-02-28
9351428 Blind docking apparatus to enable liquid cooling in compute nodes Eric A. Eckberg, Brian M. Kerrigan, Robert M. Lindsay, Michael S. Miller, James S. Womble 2016-05-24
9342118 Liquid cooling of multiple components on a circuit board Richard M. Barina, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2016-05-17
9310859 Liquid cooling of multiple components on a circuit board Richard M. Barina, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2016-04-12
9172165 Memory module connector assembly Tony C. Sass 2015-10-27
8797764 Adjustable riser cage for varying length adapters Mark S. Bohannon, Jeremy S. Bridges, Michael D. French, Jr., Daniel P. Kelaher, Paul Jeffrey La Rocca 2014-08-05
8659897 Liquid-cooled memory system having one cooling pipe per pair of DIMMs Gerhard Ingmar Meijer, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2014-02-25
8638559 User-serviceable liquid DIMM cooling system Richard M. Barina, Vinod Kamath, Chunjian Ni, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2014-01-28
8592694 Replaceable knockout part in a metal panel and systems and methods thereof Gregory Mark Bennett, Daniel P. Kelaher, Timothy Andreas Meserth 2013-11-26
8587943 Liquid-cooling memory modules with liquid flow pipes between memory module sockets Richard M. Barina, Vinod Kamath, Chunjian Ni, Mark E. Steinke, James S. Womble 2013-11-19
8336199 Tool for installation and removal of semiconductor device Richard M. Barina, James R. Drake, Daniel P. Kelaher, George M. Moorefield, II, James S. Womble 2012-12-25
8247709 Method of making a replaceable knockout part in a metal panel and systems thereof Gregory Mark Bennett, Daniel P. Kelaher, Timothy Andreas Meserth 2012-08-21
7961473 Retention module for toolless heat sink installation Mark S. Bohannon, Pat Gallarelli 2011-06-14
7675754 Mechanically-assisted insertion and removal of modular device Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble 2010-03-09
7518876 Retractable operator control panel with universal hinge design and dual orientation features Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble, Daniel P. Kelaher 2009-04-14
7515429 Retractable operator control panel with universal hinge design and dual orientation features Richard M. Barina, James Scott Wombie, Daniel P. Kelaher 2009-04-07
7438571 Multiple location latch mechanism with single actuation Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble 2008-10-21
7344394 Multiple location latch mechanism with single actuation Richard M. Barina, James S. Womble 2008-03-18