Minoru Kitamura
15Patents
7h-index
42Co-inventors
66Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 26, 1979 → Mar 23, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6891290B2 | Fully enclosed type motor with outer fans | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US7462964B2 | Fully-enclosed fan-cooled motor | Electricity | 20 | Active |
| US5481066A | Automatic performance apparatus for storing chord progression suitable that is user settable for adequately matching a performance style | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5164531A | Automatic accompaniment device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US4442706A | Probe and a system for detecting wear of refractory wall | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US4417723A | Tuyere for blowing gases into molten metal bath container | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Expired |
| US4298147A | Discharging mechanism for molten metal and slag remaining in tundish for continuous casting machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US5350883A | Electronic musical instrument with a pedal | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US4286647A | Apparatus for preventing steam explosion in water discharge channel of secondary cooling zone caused by molten metal breaking out from cast strand in horizontal type continuous casting machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US4573515A | Method for electromagnetically stirring molten steel in continuous casting | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US4236914A | Desulfurization composition for molten pig iron | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Expired |
| US5196640A | Control mechanism for electronic musical instrument | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US4416691A | Method for converter blow control | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Expired |
| US4398949A | Method for stably refining high carbon steel | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Expired |
| US7274789B2 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus with security measure | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.