Akira Kida
68Patents
19h-index
83Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 2, 1992 → Sep 29, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5619237A | Replaceable ink tank | Performing Operations; Transporting | 180 | Expired |
| US5572105A | Stepping motor control method including varying the number of split sections in one step drive period of a stepping motor | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US5841261A | System for controlling stepping motor for dividing a single step of the motor into plural sections and applying voltages whose levels are determined in accordance with the sections | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US6361158B1 | Ink container for ink jet printing, holder for the container, carriage for the holder and ink jet printer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 49 | Expired |
| US6336709B1 | Ink container for ink jet printer, holder for the container carriage for the holder and ink jet printer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 47 | Expired |
| US6045220A | Sheet supply apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 44 | Expired |
| US5847719A | Recording apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US5793399A | Sheet supplying apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US5992993A | Sheet supply apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
| US6382858B1 | Sheet material conveying apparatus and recording apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US6250827A | Recording device and sheet material conveying device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 26 | Expired |
| US5971525A | Recording apparatus having a deelectrifying member for a recording head | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US6200043A | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus having such sheet feeding apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US6659603B2 | Ink jet recording method and apparatus having platen with extrusions positioned in one-to-one correspondence with roller nips | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US5867196A | Sheet supply apparatus for controlling sheet feeding with reversing of conveyance direction | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US5717445A | Improved recovery mechanism and ink jet apparatus provided with such mechanism | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US6382761B1 | Recording apparatus and battery holding mechanism for use in the recording apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US5886729A | Sheet supplying apparatus using a flexible elastic pawl member for separating sheets one by one | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US6131899A | Sheet supplying apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US6325479A | Ink jet recording apparatus, electronic apparatus using the same and change control method therefor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US5899451A | Sheet supply apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US6095515A | Sheet supplying apparatus with separating means and guide | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US10406838B2 | Inkjet printing apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Active |
| US7021757B2 | Both-side recording apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US5951003A | Sheet supply apparatus having an inverted V-shaped separation pad | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.