Hideo Hirose
25Patents
11h-index
26Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: May 5, 1981 → May 4, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4782239A | Optical position measuring apparatus | Physics | 198 | Expired |
| USD336890S | Geared motor | General | 87 | Expired |
| US5832052A | X-ray microscope | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US6940205B1 | Permanent magnet synchronous motor | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US5151928A | Method and apparatus for generating X rays | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US5045696A | Photoelectron microscope | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US5640284A | Optical reflector, illumination optical system, light source system and illumination optical apparatus | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US5615047A | Illumination apparatus and exposure apparatus using it | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 19 | Expired |
| US4386828A | Telecentric illumination system | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4511223A | Telecentric variable power illumination system | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US7411329B2 | Permanent magnet synchronous motor including permanent magnet with tapered outer edges and rotor core with opening | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US4526443A | Telecentric illumination system | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5680429A | X-ray generating apparatus and X-ray microscope | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5594587A | Illumination device with allowable error amount of telecentricity on the surface of the object to be illuminated and exposure apparatus using the same | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7233092B2 | Permanent magnet synchronous motor | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7408279B2 | Permanent magnet synchronous motor including permanent magnet with tapered outer edges | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US4386833A | Epi-illumination type projection device | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6157701A | X-ray generating apparatus and X-ray microscope | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7307725B2 | Surface inspection apparatus, polarization illuminating device and light-receiving device | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US7012723B2 | Optical scanning device and color image forming apparatus | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US4753523A | Low magnification projection objective lens | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7149018B2 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus provided with the same | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US4426136A | Projection lens with long working distance | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7268928B2 | Photo scanner and image forming device | Electricity | 0 | Expired |
| US7123395B2 | Optical scanner and image formation apparatus including the optical scanner | Performing Operations; Transporting | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.