Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

HITACHI CAR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

434Patents
38Active
434Granted
44Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 2, 1995 → Jul 26, 2011 · 37 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6425838B1 Motor/generator apparatus for motor vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 147 Expired
US6182807A Device and method for supplying power to a vehicle, semi-conductor circuit device for use in the same and collective wiring device for a vehicle or an automobile Performing Operations; Transporting 95 Expired
US5811904A Permanent magnet dynamo electric machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US6034460A Permanent magnet rotating electric machine and electrically driven vehicle employing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Expired
US6311123A Vehicle control method and vehicle warning method Physics 62 Expired
US6188340A Sensor adjusting circuit Physics 61 Expired
US6208054A Permanent magnet electric rotating machine and electromotive vehicle using permanent magnet electric rotating machine Electricity 59 Expired
US5744874A Car electronic control system & method for controlling the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US6543412B2 Intake air control device and internal combustion engine mounting the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US6133662A Permanent magnet dynamoelectric rotating machine and electric vehicle equipped with the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US6516785B1 Air flow sensor Electricity 47 Expired
US5659235A Drive controller and control method for electric vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US6205010A Switch circuit having protection function to interrupt input of control signal Electricity 46 Expired
US6877383B2 Capacitive type pressure sensor Physics 42 Expired
US6404086B1 Anisotropic magnet brushless motor having a rotor with elastic insulating support structure Electricity 42 Expired
US5868114A Air flow rate control apparatus Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 42 Expired
US5696321A Thermal-type air flow measuring instrument with fluid-direction judging capability Physics 41 Expired
US6020844A Car on-board radar axis adjusting method Physics 40 Expired
US7284424B2 Thermal air flow rate measuring apparatus and its flowmeter and internal combustion engine and thermal air flow rate measuring method using it Physics 39 Expired
US5992391A Electromagnetic fuel injector and control method thereof Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 39 Expired
US6051853A Semiconductor pressure sensor including reference capacitor on the same substrate Physics 38 Expired
US6462430B1 Hybrid car and dynamo-electric machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US7226379B2 Active shift transmission, transmission control unit and automobile Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6286478A Control device for engine provided with electromagnetic driven intake valves and computer useable medium having computer readable program code for performing the control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6791207B2 Power supplying apparatus for vehicle and intensive wiring apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.