Inventor
SMITH FRANK T
US18 patents
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP
13 patentsUS6931304B1Aug 16, 2005
Scalable means of supplying power to a remotely controlled, semi-autonomous robot
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP37 citations92
US6885911B1Apr 26, 2005
Track anomaly detection in an automated data storage library
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP43 citations92
US6691001B2Feb 10, 2004
Diagnostic port between independent robots
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP14 citations92
US6480759B1Nov 12, 2002
Diagnostic port between independent robots
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP28 citations92
US6751048B2Jun 15, 2004
Power rail distribution system and method for an automated robotic device in a data storage system
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP16 citations84
US6690994B1Feb 10, 2004
System and method for recovering an automated robotic device in a data storage library
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP17 citations83
US7184238B1Feb 27, 2007
Track impedance anomaly detection in an automated data storage library
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP9 citations74
US6798612B2Sep 28, 2004
Power strip distribution system and method for an automated robotic device in a data storage system
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP12 citations74
US6698359B1Mar 2, 2004
Data storage library rail anomaly recovery
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP10 citations74
US7010797B2Mar 7, 2006
Scalable, space efficient, high density automated library
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP8 citations71
US6741182B1May 25, 2004
Automated storage library brush failure detection
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP10 citations71
US6840360B1Jan 11, 2005
Automated storage library power strip fault detection
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP3 citations63
US7080388B2Jul 18, 2006
Scalable, space efficient, high density automated library
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP3 citations60