Hiromitsu Ando
26Patents
15h-index
53Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 12, 1989 → Sep 26, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6622690B2 | Direct injection type internal combustion engine and controlling method therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 69 | Expired |
| US6041591A | Exhaust gas heating system for in-cylinder injection internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 59 | Expired |
| US5305720A | Internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US5975046A | Exhaust-gas temperature raising system for an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US4976241A | Method for determining combustion condition in spark ignition internal combustion engine and combustion condition control device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US6173571A | Exhaust purifying apparatus for an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US6293095A | In-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US5967113A | Exhaust-gas temperature raising system for an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US6062189A | Spark ignition type in-cylinder injection internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5740777A | In-cylinder injection internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US5806482A | In-cylinder injection internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Expired |
| USD377493S | Piston | General | 17 | Expired |
| US6340016B1 | Starting device and control method thereof for direct-injection internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US5050557A | Stratified-combustion internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US5417190A | Stratified burning internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US5245964A | Intake port structure for internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6438943B1 | In-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US5150300A | Ignition timing controller for spark-ignition internal combustion engine using estimated cylinder wall temperature | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US5295464A | Stratified burning internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US5909723A | Apparatus and a method for controlling the ignition timing of a cylinder-injection internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| USRE36500E | Internal combustion engine | General | 8 | Expired |
| US7127883B1 | Exhaust gas purifying apparatus of internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US5423300A | Internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US6386173B1 | In-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US6637192B2 | Cylinder injection type internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.