Inventor · Nara, JP

Kunio Kojima

84Patents
19h-index
80Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 14, 1980 → Dec 12, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6236398A Media selecting device Physics 137 Expired
US5598297A Image display unit Physics 66 Expired
US5434991A Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information in black on a rewritable recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US5343452A Data recording/reproducing apparatus of simultaneously performing both reproducing and recording from and in a single recording medium Physics 45 Expired
US4696566A Three-dimensional driving arrangement Physics 33 Expired
US5434829A Information reproducing apparatus for properly synchronizing the reproducing of recorded information Physics 32 Expired
US6456896B1 Apparatus and method for thermal displacement correction for a machine tool Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Expired
US5315571A Information recording and reproducing device providing faster access time to a recording medium Physics 31 Expired
US5005164A Recording and reproducing apparatus Physics 30 Expired
US6603619B1 Magnetic storage medium and heat assisted recording and reproduction method Physics 29 Expired
US4979868A Method of gripping corner of strip of cloth Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US5457667A Data recording/reproducing apparatus with alternating access of compressed works Physics 26 Expired
US4774505A Method and apparatus for recognizing a gripped condition of linens Textiles; Paper 24 Expired
US5432768A Method and device for data management in optical recording medium Physics 23 Expired
US7690009B2 Electromagnetic field generating element, information recording/reproducing head and information recording/reproduction apparatus Physics 23 Active
US6471451B2 Method of correcting thermal displacement of machine tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6687195B2 Magnetic recording head and magnetic recording device Physics 21 Expired
US5870375A Disk-shaped recording medium with a groove section having a wobbling side wall Physics 21 Expired
US5764607A Method and apparatus for controlling digital copying of digitally recorded information Physics 20 Expired
US5142521A Recording/reproducing device Physics 19 Expired
US5274617A Method and device for data management in an optical recording medium Physics 18 Expired
US5953297A Disk-shaped recording medium and disk recording or reproducing device Physics 18 Expired
US5459705A Optical recording medium driving apparatus capable of accurately detecting position of optical head Physics 17 Expired
US5101386A Track jumping apparatus for an optical disk pickup Physics 16 Expired
US5170389A Semiconductor laser driving circuit with control circuit power voltage monitor for preventing inadvertent recording Electricity 15 Expired

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