Shigeo Kimura
80Patents
19h-index
119Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 18, 1973 → Jun 16, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5509786A | Thermal protector mounting structure for hermetic refrigeration compressors | Electricity | 95 | Expired |
| US5262834A | Image fixing apparatus | Physics | 79 | Expired |
| US5162634A | Image fixing apparatus | Physics | 76 | Expired |
| US5083168A | Fixing device and fixing heater for use in the same | Physics | 75 | Expired |
| US5349492A | Capacitive pressure sensor | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US5043763A | Image forming apparatus having a heater in contact with a film to fix a toner image | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US5277068A | Capacitive pressure sensor and method of manufacturing the same | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US5348009A | Bone assessment apparatus | Human Necessities | 30 | Expired |
| US5479827A | Capacitive pressure sensor isolating electrodes from external environment | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US6365433B1 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US5267005A | Heater having stepped portion and heating apparatus using same | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US4316927A | Magnetic recording medium | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US5182606A | Image fixing apparatus | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5670756A | Silencer | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 25 | Expired |
| US6521482B1 | Manufacturing method for a semiconductor device | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US5204888A | Bone mineral content measuring apparatus | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US5115278A | Heating apparatus using low resistance film | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6815808B2 | Hollow airtight semiconductor device package | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US5241155A | Image fixing apparatus having linear heat generating layer with variable resistance distribution | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US4468979A | Breather ventilation system of power-transmission casing for use in motorcycle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6067433A | Developing apparatus for regulating the amount of developer in the vicinity of repulsive magnetic pole | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5309210A | Image fixing apparatus using fixing film containing fluorinated resin | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5211058A | Capacitive pressure sensor and method of manufacturing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US4431703A | Magnetic recording medium | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US6442355B1 | Developer density controlling apparatus including target density information detection and toner image density detection | Physics | 14 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.