Toru Sawada
27Patents
6h-index
40Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 5, 1986 → Mar 16, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6566159B2 | Method of manufacturing tandem thin-film solar cell | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US4759119A | Method of fabricating a magnetic head assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US5875068A | Magnetic recording/reproducing device with retaining structure for engaging a top cover and bottom cover | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6295180A | Disk drive capable of preventing ejection of magnetic recording medium even upon erroneous depression of eject button during work | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5623381A | Disk drive | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US4901430A | Method of mounting a magnetic head | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US5724210A | Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus with magnetic disc engaging/disengaging mechanism | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6939061B2 | Turntable device and optical apparatus | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6146189A | Flexible printed circuit board mounting structure and recording/reproducing apparatus using the same | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5748404A | Magnetic recording/reproducing device with chassis support structure | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US5657184A | Disk drive | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US4831479A | Pivot support structure for magnetic head assembly | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US10761663B2 | Input device | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US5859747A | Cover structure for magnetic recording and reproducing device | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US5828520A | Magnetic head-mounted to a tip portion of a carriage via adhesive in an adhesive filling groove | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7847186B2 | Silicon based thin film solar cell | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US6259581A | Chucking device in FDD | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6259582A | Chucking device in FDD | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7851695B2 | Stacked-type photoelectric conversion device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US12249950B2 | Installation structure for solar cell module, and installation method for solar cell module | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11275477B2 | Input device | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10958078B2 | Power generation system and power generation system control method | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US5940248A | Mechanism in disk drive apparatus for preventing insertion of a disk cartridge when the shutter disk cartridge is closed | Physics | 0 | Expired |
| US10310654B2 | Input device having flexible circuit board | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10294909B2 | Engine control device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.