David Christopher Black — 15 Patents at Storage Technology

David Christopher Black has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Storage Technology. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in July 2016. David Christopher Black ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list David Christopher Black in Broomfield, CO, US.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
9384775	Ratcheting gripper for a storage library	Joseph Paul Manes	2016-07-05	$59,946,000
8665554	Ratcheting gripper for a storage library	Joseph Paul Manes	2014-03-04	$69,686,000
6690994	System and method for recovering an automated robotic device in a data storage library	Frank T. Smith, Timothy C. Ostwald	2004-02-10	$7,307,000
6643565	Self aligning robotic arm calibration apparatus	Joseph Paul Manes, Dan Plutt, Kipley Carpenter	2003-11-04	$7,046,000
6438448	Self aligning robotic arm calibration apparatus	Joseph Paul Manes, Dan Plutt	2002-08-20	$5,579,000
6208483	Gripper-positioning component for storage library system	Joseph Paul Manes	2001-03-27	$16,431,000
6161888	High speed gripper assembly for use in automated tape libraries	Joseph Paul Manes, Daniel James Plutt	2000-12-19	$15,443,000
6160681	Method for preventing excessive force exerted on a lever assembly	Joseph Paul Manes, Lester M. Yeakley	2000-12-12	$8,496,000
6068436	Pass thru mechanism for transferring media cartridges between automated cartridge library systems	Joseph Paul Manes, Timothy C. Ostwald, Daniel James Plutt, Daniel W. Underkofler	2000-05-30	$17,255,000
5991117	Break away lever for a tape drive handle	Joseph Paul Manes	1999-11-23	$30,647,000
5848872	Apparatus for handling cartridges in a storage library system	Joseph Paul Manes	1998-12-15	$13,210,000
5774301	Apparatus for latching and ejecting cartridges from a cartridge tape drive in a storage library system and detection system therefor	Joseph Paul Manes, Donald B. Wait, Joseph P. Falace, Randal D. Fird, Daniel James Plutt +3 more	1998-06-30
5345495	Data diagnostics with leds on the face of a telephone	Tave P. Dunn, Elie Antoun Jreij, Gary R. Key, William E. Levene, Timothy L. Wilson	1994-09-06
5008902	Automatic baud rate detection	Gary R. Key	1991-04-16	$16,989,000
4928306	Dynamically configurable telephone	Gautam Biswas, Michael G. Duncan, Gary R. Key, Gordon D. Leak, Robert D. Whittington	1990-05-22	$17,701,000

David Christopher Black — 15 Patents

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