Inventor · Osaka, JP

Akira Horie

28Patents
11h-index
53Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 9, 1974 → May 20, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5459655A Neutral-point clamped inverter device using semiconductor modules Electricity 44 Expired
US5638266A Free wheel diode arrangement for neutral point clamped electric power conversion apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US5731970A Power conversion device and semiconductor module suitable for use in the device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US5461556A Power converter Electricity 36 Expired
US5801936A Semiconductor module for a power conversion device Electricity 32 Expired
US5929519A Semiconductor module including switching device chips and diode chips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6274998A Controller for electric vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5334258A Washing method Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US4785225A Control apparatus for an induction motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US4924168A Control apparatus for PWM-controlled, variable voltage/variable frequency inverters Electricity 13 Expired
US6556460B2 Method for controlling a vehicle provided with an electric power converter Electricity 11 Expired
US5583385A Power converting device for reducing an induction problem Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5535114A Power converter Electricity 8 Expired
US4626888A Gate turn-off thyristor Electricity 7 Expired
US4672525A Guard system for inverter apparatus Electricity 6 Expired
US5400242A Multi-series inverter arrangement Electricity 5 Expired
US7176645B2 Control apparatus for electric railcar Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US3932147A Method of reforming hydrocarbons Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US4500903A Semiconductor GTO switching device with radially elongated cathode emitter regions of increasing length Electricity 3 Expired
US4644240A Method and apparatus for controlling reverse-conducting GTO thyristor Electricity 3 Expired
US6633495B2 DC apparatus and vehicle using the same Electricity 2 Expired
US8924051B2 Drive device for railway vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8708329B2 Document conveying device and image forming apparatus including the same Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US10472197B2 Image forming apparatus Physics 0 Active
US9805295B2 Image forming apparatus and operating device Physics 0 Active

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