Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Kohji Sakai

83Patents
21h-index
46Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 4, 1997 → May 29, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5999345A Multi-beam light source unit Electricity 86 Expired
US6509995B1 Optical scanning device, line-image forming optical system therein, imaging adjustment method in the device and image forming apparatus Physics 84 Expired
US6448998B1 Scanning and imaging lens, optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Physics 72 Expired
US6388792B1 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Physics 69 Expired
US6596985B2 Multi-beam scanning device, multi-beam scanning method, light source device, and image forming apparatus Physics 59 Expired
US6256133A Optical scanning apparatus Physics 55 Expired
US6347004B1 Optical scanning apparatus and scanning image forming lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US6771407B2 Optical scanner and image formation apparatus Physics 47 Expired
US7006120B2 Multi-beam optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US6229638A Optical scanning apparatus capable of reducing variations in shading and improving light usage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US7253937B2 Multi-beam optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Physics 32 Active
US6781729B2 Optical scanning system with unvarying image surface under environmental temperature change Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US6999208B2 Optical scanner, optical scanning method, scanning image forming optical system, optical scanning lens and image forming apparatus Physics 31 Expired
US6166842A Scanning image forming lens and optical scanning apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US7417777B2 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Electricity 29 Active
US6366384B1 Multi-beam scanning method, apparatus and multi-beam light source device achieving improved scanning line pitch using large light emitting points interval Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7068407B2 Optical element, optical scanner and image forming apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US7215354B1 Scanning optical system, optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Physics 24 Expired
US7411712B2 Optical scanner and image formation apparatus Physics 23 Expired
US7038822B2 Optical element, optical scanner and image forming apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US7672032B2 Optical scanner and image forming apparatus using optical scanner Physics 22 Active
US6606179B2 Optical scanning device, line-image forming optical system therein, imaging adjustment method in the device and image forming apparatus Physics 21 Expired
US6288819A Scanning image forming lens and optical scanning apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5831758A Multi-beam optical scanner Physics 20 Expired
US7443558B2 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Physics 19 Active

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