Kouichi Sato
47Patents
13h-index
68Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 8, 1986 → Mar 2, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5625350A | Audio/video communication system and method | Electricity | 176 | Expired |
| US4734323A | Vibration damping soundproof sheets for use in vehicles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 61 | Expired |
| US6251813A | Optical glass and its use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Expired |
| US4743479A | Multi-layered vessels and method for molding the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US5906654A | Route guidance for vehicle navigation apparatus to find alternate destination | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US5373489A | External storage device with a plurality of recording/reproducing drive units and a plurality of storage racks stacked in a common plane | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US5059041A | Electrical insulating bearing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 30 | Expired |
| US6413894B1 | Optical glass and optical product | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US6115034A | Step managing apparatus and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US7892679B2 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Active |
| US6456090B1 | Torque sensor | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4774047A | Method for molding multi-layered vessels | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US5574514A | Audio/video device for a communication system | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5177619A | Apparatus for minimizing signal degradation during the copying of video signals from one recording medium to another recording medium | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US6224093A | Vehicle steering apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7424830B2 | Torque sensor | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US5695704A | Method for crimping a thermoplastic resin member | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Expired |
| US5994893A | Driving apparatus for stepping motor type instrument | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6156684A | Light polarization control element using stress-optical coefficient glass and method of producing the stress-optical coefficient glass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US5200862A | Eliminating signal quality deteriorations in a reproduced still image | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5289448A | Rotation control apparatus for use with recording medium | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US5153740A | Recording and demodulation devices for electronic still camera | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5579123A | Track judgement apparatus for discriminating between video and other signals during signal reproduction | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7562738B2 | Vehicle control apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| USD429758S | Electronic cash register | General | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.