Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Hideya Furuta

19Patents
12h-index
27Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: May 21, 1984 → Jan 5, 1998

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4933727A Color recording apparatus Physics 45 Expired
US5121170A Device for transporting sheet members using an alternating voltage Physics 42 Expired
US5160969A Image forming apparatus having a separate black developer stored for a color image Physics 33 Expired
US4796050A Mechanism for driving photosensitive drums Physics 28 Expired
US5164783A Image forming apparatus for the synchronizing of laser writer with photosensitive body to prevent time lag Physics 21 Expired
US4615607A Dual-color copier Physics 21 Expired
US4655579A Multicolored image forming apparatus Electricity 20 Expired
US4664501A Method of and apparatus for producing duplicates in color Physics 20 Expired
US4662739A Method of controlling copying machine operation Physics 20 Expired
US4690542A Color copying apparatus Physics 18 Expired
US5926670A Image forming apparatus cleaning an intermediate transfer member carrying a concurrently existing plurality of toner image pages Physics 17 Expired
US4690541A Color electrophotographic copying process Electricity 13 Expired
US5321475A Color image forming apparatus which accelerates or decelerates the developing sleeves at a constant rate Physics 12 Expired
US6057869A Image forming apparatus for fixing a toner image at a first speed or at a second speed Physics 12 Expired
US4742371A Optical system for color copier Physics 12 Expired
US5631691A Image forming apparatus Electricity 9 Expired
US4746950A Color copier Physics 7 Expired
US5083141A Image forming apparatus Electricity 7 Expired
US5825398A Image forming apparatus using a synchronized transfer medium driver Electricity 5 Expired

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