Inventor · Hitachi, JP

Toru Sugawara

21Patents
8h-index
27Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 13, 1977 → May 26, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4584473A Beam direct converter Electricity 57 Expired
USD640786S1 Drip chamber General 41 Expired
US4473813A Humidity sensor with improved protective layering Physics 18 Expired
US4176288A Zero voltage switching solid state relay Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4482962A Engine control method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US4363097A Electronic type engine control method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US4641031A Ion source apparatus Electricity 12 Expired
US4506160A Ion source apparatus Electricity 10 Expired
US4377137A Method for starting the operation of an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US4454453A Power source device for ion sources Electricity 7 Expired
US4735764A Open waveguide electromagnetic wave radiator for secondary heating a plasma in a nuclear fusion reactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US4263884A Electronic fuel feed system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US9378615B2 Gaming table device having a game table on which the game medium is disposed Physics 6 Active
US4926093A Gyrotron device Electricity 3 Expired
US4188623A Temperature responsive apparatus employing a thermocouple Physics 3 Expired
US8506401B2 Gaming table device having a game table on which the game medium is disposed Physics 2 Active
US9734481B2 System and method for reading data from a plurality of chips comprising an RFID tag Physics 2 Active
US8979638B2 System and method for reading data from a plurality of chips comprising an RFID tag Physics 1 Active
US9734662B2 Gaming table device having a game table on which the game medium is disposed Physics 0 Active
US9652735B2 System and method for reading data from a plurality of chips comprising an RFID tag Physics 0 Active
US4131930A Thermal time-delay switch Electricity 0 Expired

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