Inventor · Samukawa, JP

Shigeru Ando

50Patents
16h-index
78Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 21, 1987 → Sep 10, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5196916A Highly purified metal material and sputtering target using the same Electricity 38 Expired
US5418071A Sputtering target and method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5534120A Membraneless water electrolyzer Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US5470527A Ti-W sputtering target and method for manufacturing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US6364706B1 Shielded electrical connector with flange support member Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5289081A Fluorescent lamp with phosphor having coated phosphor particles Electricity 27 Expired
US6007381A Circuit board connector with improved mounting characteristics Electricity 24 Expired
US6050853A Angled circuit board connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6438243B1 Vibration wave detector Electricity 20 Expired
US5117799A Control system for a supercharged internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6079274A Vibration wave detecting method and vibration wave detector Physics 20 Expired
US5587927A Detecting apparatus for detecting a contour of a moving region in a dynamic image Physics 18 Expired
US7888840B2 Microphone and a method of manufacturing a microphone Electricity 17 Active
US5458697A Highly purified metal material and sputtering target using the same Electricity 17 Expired
US5865966A Non-membrane electrolytic cell for electrolysis of water Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US4839824A Apparatus for measuring an object based on spatio-temporally derivated image signals Physics 16 Expired
US6012334A Vibration wave detecting method and vibration wave detector Physics 15 Expired
US4878138A Recording medium loading mechanism for guiding a recording medium to a recording/reproducing position Physics 13 Expired
US6559377B1 Grounded flexible printed circuitry with improved impedance characteristics Electricity 13 Expired
US5047888A Magnetic sheet control member Physics 12 Expired
US4879616A Magnetic disc pack loading mechanism Physics 11 Expired
US5175660A Control member having stabilizing surfaces which generate negative pressure to stabilize contact between a rotating flexible magnetic sheet and a magnetic recording/reproducing head Physics 10 Expired
US5679983A Highly purified metal material and sputtering target using the same Electricity 10 Expired
US6227054A Vibration wave detecting method and vibration wave detector Physics 6 Expired
US6538718B2 Photographic film conveying device Physics 5 Expired

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