Inventor · Osaka, JP

Toshio Inaji

29Patents
15h-index
30Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 15, 1984 → Feb 24, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7265929B2 Method of controlling an actuator, and disk apparatus using the same method Physics 165 Active
US4633150A Driving circuit for brushless DC motors Electricity 43 Expired
US5144209A Brushless DC motor Electricity 37 Expired
US5378976A Brushless DC motor without a position sensor Electricity 29 Expired
US5065263A Track following transducer position control system for a disk storage drive system Physics 27 Expired
US5182499A Sensorless brushless motor Electricity 26 Expired
US4631459A Brushless DC motor Electricity 25 Expired
US5130620A Brushless DC motor without a position sensor Electricity 22 Expired
US4999558A Position control system Physics 22 Expired
US5177416A Brushless DC motor Electricity 20 Expired
US8442714B2 Autonomous mobile device, and control device and program product for the autonomous mobile device Physics 19 Active
US7019938B2 Head positioning method, and disk apparatus using the same Physics 17 Expired
US4954905A Data transducer position control system for disk storage drive system Physics 17 Expired
US5710500A Motor speed control apparatus using phase-advance based estimated disturbance signal Electricity 16 Expired
US5467004A Motor speed control apparatus for keeping the speed of the motor fixed in the presence of a disturbance torque Electricity 15 Expired
US7031099B2 Head positioner and information recording/replaying apparatus Physics 14 Expired
US4695907A Rotary head deflection apparatus Physics 13 Expired
US5737483A Motor speed control apparatus for motors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6950271B2 Disk drive and disk drive control method Physics 11 Expired
US6950274B2 Disk storage apparatus and disk storage apparatus control method Physics 8 Expired
US6903896B2 Head positioning method, and disk apparatus using the same Physics 7 Expired
US5376870A Apparatus for driving a brushless DC motor Electricity 7 Expired
US6995945B2 Head positioning system, disk drive apparatus using the same, and head positioning method Physics 6 Expired
US8994298B2 Movement control apparatus, movement control method, and movement control circuit Electricity 6 Active
US6982848B2 Disk apparatus and head positioning method Physics 4 Expired

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