Minoru Shimada
18Patents
7h-index
46Co-inventors
66Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 18, 1975 → Jun 18, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6052243A | Magnetic disk unit for detecting contact between a magnetic head slider and a magnetic disk and method therefor | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US4395623A | Self-regulating electric heater | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US4029071A | Fuel injection pump for diesel engines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 29 | Expired |
| US6008717A | NTC thermistor elements | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US4430977A | Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 16 | Expired |
| US7193498B2 | Method of producing temperature sensor and mounting same to a circuit board | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US4117790A | Automatic sewing machine | Textiles; Paper | 14 | Expired |
| US7075407B1 | Temperature sensor | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US4661865A | Battery holder of single head minimum size cassette tape player | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6025556A | Electronic components with resin-coated lead terminals | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US4604662A | Automatic mode-change mechanism for tape recorder | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US8537488B2 | Method for specifying control value for controlling clearance adjustment amount between head and disk, disk drive device and manufacturing method thereof | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US7852583B2 | Disk drive device, altitude determination method therefore and method for determining characteristic of head element portion | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US6964093B2 | System for mounting electronic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
| US7636217B2 | Defect inspection method of magnetic disk, device therefor, and magnetic disk drive device | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US6649302B2 | Temperature sensing device for use in secondary battery pack, and secondary battery pack incorporating the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US11417360B1 | Tape support system with a load-unload mechanism | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US5153797A | Head pad and process for production of same | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.