Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Akio Kobayashi

148Patents
24h-index
236Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 12, 1973 → Feb 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6903770B1 Digital camera which produces a single image based on two exposures Electricity 255 Expired
US5025685A Controlling device for non-stage transmission for vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Expired
US4266043A Resilient hydrophobic foamed polymer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US5909242A Video camera with electronic picture stabilizer Electricity 52 Expired
US5371539A Video camera with electronic picture stabilizer Electricity 46 Expired
US4543176A Oxygen concentration detector under temperature control Physics 41 Expired
US4730256A Electronic control apparatus including microcomputers for controlling some of the systems found in a vehicle Physics 40 Expired
US6041884A Electric power steering apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US3993625A Permselective polymeric membranes of organic polyamide or polyhydrazide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US4098979A Method for preparing easily processable polyolefin granule Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US4348727A Air-fuel ratio control apparatus Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 37 Expired
US5969919A Drive unit for electric motor Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Expired
US5563652A Video camera with electronic picture stabilizer Electricity 34 Expired
US6148949A Electric power steering apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US4123576A Bonding a multi-layered structure of olefin-containing and nitrile-containing polymers and article Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US4319451A Method for preventing overheating of an exhaust purifying device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US4875390A Shift control device for hydrostatic continuously variable transmission Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US4315081A Antistatic resin composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US4541050A Control device for a vehicle Physics 29 Expired
US6002428A Motion vector detection circuit and object tracking camera device utilizing the same Electricity 29 Expired
US5460010A Refrigerator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 28 Expired
US4454847A Method for controlling the air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 26 Expired
US6157407A Digital camera with analog and digital clamp circuit Electricity 25 Expired
US4345561A Air-fuel ratio control method and its apparatus Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US6304292A Digital video camera with high-speed mode Electricity 24 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.