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Richard E. Lagergren — 13 Patents

IBM: 12 patents #9,258 of 70,183Top 15%
Rochester, MN: #452 of 3,042 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #5,817 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Richard E. Lagergren has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 2001. Richard E. Lagergren ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Richard E. Lagergren in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1999.peak 41980: 1 patents19801994: 1 patents19941996: 3 patents19961997: 2 patents19971999: 4 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6285524 Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Dale C. Goeke, Michael S. Good, Dale E. Goodman +4 more 2001-09-04 $27,475,000
6145188 Fan and fold head lead termination method using flex cable with edge termination pads William Woodrow Brooks, Jr., Jerome Thomas Coffey, Todd Phillip Fracek, James M. Rigotti, Marvin A. Schlimmer 2000-11-14 $46,730,000
5903413 Fan and fold head lead termination structure using flex cable with edge termination pads William Woodrow Brooks, Jr., Jerome Thomas Coffey, Todd Phillip Fracek, James M. Rigotti, Marvin A. Schlimmer 1999-05-11 $48,739,000
5872678 Enclosure assembly for a disk with a locational and retention cast docket structure for a connector and flexible cable connected to an electronics card Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Dale C. Goeke, Michael S. Good, Dale E. Goodman +4 more 1999-02-16 $10,802,000
5872679 Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Gregory Lyons, Brian L. Rappel, James M. Rigotti +1 more 1999-02-16 $10,802,000
5864441 Actuator mounting apparatus for top-down data storage system assembly Jerome Thomas Coffey, Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn 1999-01-26 $21,368,000
5646801 Direct access storage device with improved reliability flex cable mounting Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Randy J. Bornhorst, Dale E. Goodman 1997-07-08 $25,311,000
5636090 Tilt limiting inertial actuator latch for a data storage system Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Douglas W. Johnson, James M. Rigotti 1997-06-03 $12,468,000
5563749 Direct access storage device with opposing actuator and spindle flanges to reduce disk-to-disk spacing Bryan W. Bicknese, Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Randy J. Bornhorst, Jerome Thomas Coffey, Todd Phillip Fracek +3 more 1996-10-08 $9,670,000
5552946 Compliant rail for shock protection of a PCMCIA DASD Bryan W. Bicknese, Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Randy J. Bornhorst, Jerome Thomas Coffey, Todd Phillip Fracek +3 more 1996-09-03 $8,127,000
5539595 Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive John L. Beck, Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Charles A. Brown, Luke A. Cossette +9 more 1996-07-23 $7,499,000
5363261 Disk drive actuator latch Eric A. Eckberg, Bruce P. Kruger, Brian E. Schultz, Amy L. Warner 1994-11-08 $11,730,000
4229113 Shared document feed station Theodore H. Anderson, Wallace E. Beuch 1980-10-21