Makoto Kimura
122Patents
21h-index
178Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 10, 1975 → Jan 13, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5467280A | Vehicular suspension system utilizing variable damping force shock absorber | Performing Operations; Transporting | 101 | Expired |
| US5969598A | Accident reporting system for a land vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 73 | Expired |
| US5450589A | Firmware modification system wherein older version can be retrieved | Physics | 71 | Expired |
| US5063294A | Converged ion beam apparatus | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US4457609A | Device for coupling a lens barrel and a camera body | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US5163530A | Control system for controlling driving torque delivered for driven wheels | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 53 | Expired |
| US5627443A | Method of driving stepping motor | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US4651226A | Image scanning signal generating apparatus with pre-scan for exposure control | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US5231582A | Shifting control system for automotive automatic power transmission with enhanced variable shift pattern selection depending upon a resistance based upon vehicle acceleration and an engine parameter | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 37 | Expired |
| US5507032A | Multiprocessor I/O request control system forming device drive queue and processor interrupt queue from rows and cells of I/O request table and interrupt request table | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US5515273A | System and method for controlling damping force characteristic of shock absorber of vehicle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US5239646A | Data transmission method and data processing system using the same | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US6416887B1 | Organic electroluminescent element | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US5490068A | Suspension control system for automotive vehicle including apparatus for controlling shock absorber damping force coefficient | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
| US5588822A | Flame trap for use in a pulse combustor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US4473287A | Focus detecting device for camera | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US6801178B2 | Liquid crystal driving device for controlling a liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display apparatus | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5767571A | Semiconductor device and display unit using the semiconductor device and notebook-size personal computer | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US6148252A | Automotive suspension control system utilizing variable damping force shock absorber | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US5521821A | Suspension control system for automotive vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US5398184A | Apparatus for controlling damping coefficient of vehicular shock absorber | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US5446663A | Apparatus for controlling damping coefficient for vehicular shock absorber | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US5407228A | Control system for occupant restraint system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US4947824A | Pulse combustion fat fryer of the table type | Human Necessities | 17 | Expired |
| US5559701A | Automotive suspension control system for anti-rolling control utilizing a steering sensor and body accelerometers | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.