Akiyoshi Kimura
38Patents
13h-index
66Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 5, 1984 → Sep 24, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4708455A | Image forming apparatus and a process unit for use in the same | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US4787616A | Sheet stacking device and image forming apparatus provided with same | Physics | 60 | Expired |
| US5640232A | Image forming apparatus and method of changing control of sorter when the bin is fully loaded in accordance with the mode | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US5592280A | Sheet binding apparatus capable of performing two kinds of binding processes | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US4754301A | Multicolor image forming apparatus with a shutter to prevent mixture of developers in plural developing devices | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US4918702A | Laser unit | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US5722031A | Image forming apparatus having stapler for stapling sheets | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US4777498A | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US4823159A | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US4799084A | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US4812874A | Image forming apparatus capable of designating area to be copied of original | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6026272A | Image forming apparatus having fixing apparatus with cleaning device | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US4792828A | Image forming apparatus for forming a plurality of image from different originals on one transfer sheet | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US4941018A | Developing device accommodating apparatus and image forming apparatus and developing device | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5322156A | Vehicle body conveying apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US4873547A | Sheet conveying apparatus | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6002849A | Original reading apparatus for controlling order of pages of original to be read | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5283698A | Image reading apparatus | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4829341A | Document feeding apparatus with image area designation device | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US4531831A | Variable magnification image formation apparatus | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5337881A | Overhead work suspension conveyor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US5297483A | Work conveyor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US4945385A | Image forming apparatus | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6284411A | Valve regulated type battery and producing method thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US5412201A | Image reading apparatus with split position detection | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.