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Alvin E. Cox — 11 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 11 patents #561 of 4,722Top 15%
Yukon, OK: #6 of 163 inventorsTop 4%
Oklahoma: #932 of 12,736 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Alvin E. Cox has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in March 2004. Alvin E. Cox ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Alvin E. Cox in Yukon, OK, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2000.peak 31996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents19982000: 3 patents20002001: 3 patents20012004: 1 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6702592 Printed circuit board assembly with secondary side rigid electrical pin to mate with compliant contact Brian Harden, Leon J. Valley 2004-03-09 $9,381,000
6270375 Low inductance flex-to-PCB spring connector for a disc drive Housan Dakroub, Steven S. Eckerd 2001-08-07
6236531 Flex support snubber David S. Allsup, Maureen A. Aragon, Matthew Duvall, Carrie R. McKie, Stephen R. Genheimer 2001-05-22
6168459 Flex support and seal apparatus for a disc drive Steven S. Eckerd, Housan Dakroub 2001-01-02
6135782 Electrical compression connector for a disc drive Housan Dakroub 2000-10-24 $57,505,000
6129579 Low inductance flex-to-PCB spring connector for a disc drive Housan Dakroub, Steven S. Eckerd 2000-10-10 $26,580,000
6091572 Connector contact assembly with high normal force compression 2000-07-18 $24,413,000
5705868 Spindle motor connector having supported electrical leads Steve S. Eckerd, Gary Oldham 1998-01-06 $58,338,000
5644452 Apparatus connecting a flexible circuit to an actuator arm of a disc drive Steven S. Eckerd, David S. Allsup, Mark Maggio 1997-07-01 $51,519,000
5601444 Apparatus for securing a ribbon cable plug to a printed circuit board connector 1997-02-11 $43,419,000
5498840 Transducer signal terminator Mark Maggio, David S. Allsup, Tom Metzner, Steven S. Eckerd, Loren Skarky 1996-03-12 $55,474,000