Inventor · Nisshin, JP

Osamu Fujimoto

75Patents
15h-index
119Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: May 21, 1976 → Sep 29, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6012659A Method for discriminating between used and unused gas generators for air bags during car scrapping process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 192 Expired
US6356200B1 Sitting passenger detecting apparatus and sitting passenger detecting method Performing Operations; Transporting 80 Expired
US5769471A Apparatus for unlocking a door lock for a vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US8360530B2 Vehicle seat Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Active
US6188419A color image-forming device Electricity 32 Expired
US6810984B2 Occupant judging apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US5508501A IC card processing apparatus having function for certainly receiving proper cards and discharging wrong cards Physics 23 Expired
US6253133A Sitting state detector Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US4837814A Telephone set Electricity 20 Expired
US8182014B2 Vehicle seat arranging structure Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Active
US5563397A Cards receiving mechanism having function for certainly receiving qualified cards and blocking unqualified cards and foreign articles Physics 18 Expired
US6738594B2 Color image forming apparatus and control method thereof Physics 18 Expired
US8123272B2 Vehicle seat Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Active
US8038206B2 Operating lever of vehicular seat Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Active
US6509653B2 Apparatus and method for detecting a child seat Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US6882823B2 Image forming system Physics 15 Expired
US4076125A Card retrieval system Physics 14 Expired
US6397688B1 Seating load detecting device with bracket mounted sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6775486B2 Image forming apparatus Physics 12 Expired
US6467804B2 Vehicle seat Physics 12 Expired
US6367837B1 Seated-state detection sensor and passenger seat air bag device control system employing the seated-state detection sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US7157024B2 Metal oxide particle and process for producing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6240271A Image formation apparatus and image formation method Physics 10 Expired
US7934763B2 Vehicle seat apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US5729269A Exposure device utilizing LEDs each having a plurality of luminescence portions Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired

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