Yuji Kitano
25Patents
6h-index
44Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 26, 1980 → Feb 14, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6459878B1 | Heating assembly, image-forming apparatus, and process for producing silicone rubber sponge and roller | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US4388725A | Bus transmission system | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6377777B1 | Fluorine-containing resin-coated pressure roller and heat-fixing device | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6546223B2 | Elastic body, roller, heating and fixing device, and manufacturing method therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6321062A | Fixing-unit roller making use of composite material, process for its production, and fixing assembly employing the roller | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 13 | Expired |
| US6424815B1 | Oil coating roller, oil coating device, and fixing apparatus | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US10620574B2 | Fixing member and heat fixing apparatus | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US10890869B2 | Fixing member, heat fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US10712697B2 | Endless shaped fixing belt and heat fixing device having endless belt shape heating member | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US8351837B2 | Fixing member, manufacturing method thereof, and fixing apparatus | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US10545439B2 | Fixed member and heat fixing apparatus | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US10859956B2 | Fixing member and heat fixing device | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US10379464B2 | Electrophotographic member, fixing member, fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method of producing electrophotographic belt | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9665049B2 | Member for electrophotography, method for manufacturing member for electrophotography, and image-forming apparatus | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7615286B2 | Fixing member, manufacturing method thereof, and fixing apparatus and electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US7693474B2 | Fixing member with toner releasing layer, and fixing apparatus with the same | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US11635717B2 | Electrophotographic member and method for manufacturing the same, thermal fixing apparatus, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US6363236B1 | Release oil regulating blade, fixing device, and image-forming apparatus | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US11467520B2 | Electrophotographic fixing member, fixing device, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US12025926B2 | Electrophotographic member and heat fixing device | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US11573515B2 | Fixing member and heat fixing apparatus | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7359669B2 | Fixing member, fixing apparatus and fixing method | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US11841630B2 | Fixing member and heat fixing device | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US12306560B2 | Electrophotographic member and electrophotographic image forming apparatus | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Active |
| US12162986B2 | Silicone rubber composition | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.