Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Yasuhiro Shimura

118Patents
11h-index
71Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 16, 1992 → Apr 24, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7630662B2 Image forming apparatus for fixing an image on a recording material and a current detection circuit therefor Physics 34 Active
US9235166B2 Heater and image heating device mounted with heater Electricity 33 Active
US8494383B2 Image forming apparatus controlling power from a commercial AC power supply to a heater and detecting current flowing in a power supply path from the commercial AC power supply to the heater Physics 17 Active
US5414571A Adaptive equalization circuit for magnetic recording apparatus having high error immunity Electricity 15 Expired
US8606136B2 Voltage detection device and image heating device Physics 15 Active
US9823617B2 Power supply apparatus and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US8653422B2 Heater, image heating device with the heater and image forming apparatus therein Electricity 14 Active
US8553467B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device Physics 13 Active
US8698046B2 Heater and image heating apparatus including same Physics 13 Active
US8642927B2 Heater and image heating apparatus having the heater installed therein Physics 12 Active
US9897964B2 Power supply apparatus and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7184051B1 Method of and apparatus for rendering an image simulating fluid motion, with recording medium and program therefor Physics 11 Expired
US9342010B2 Image heating apparatus Physics 10 Active
US9966865B2 Power supply apparatus and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7014168B2 Solenoid actuator having misalignment accommodating structure and solenoid valve using the same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Expired
US8761631B2 Power supply including zero-cross detection circuit, and image forming apparatus Electricity 9 Active
US9098034B2 Heater and image heating device including the same Electricity 9 Active
US8859940B2 Image heating apparatus Physics 8 Active
US9098035B2 Fixing device and heater used in fixing device Electricity 8 Active
US9494899B2 Fixing device and heater used in fixing device Electricity 7 Active
US10416595B2 Image forming apparatus having a control circuit that selectively controls power to be supplied to a plurality of heat generating blocks of a heater Physics 7 Active
US9425205B2 Semiconductor memory device Electricity 7 Active
US9270163B2 Power source, power failure detection apparatus, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US10459379B2 Heater and image heating device mounted with heater Electricity 7 Active
US8884192B2 Heater and image heating apparatus having the heater installed therein Physics 6 Active

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