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Masato Abe — 32 Patents

Hitachi: 7 patents #5,864 of 28,497Top 25%
CKCalsonic Kansei: 5 patents #47 of 675Top 7%
Fujitsu Limited: 5 patents #6,029 of 24,456Top 25%
Honda Motor Co.: 4 patents #5,328 of 21,052Top 30%
Mazda Motor: 3 patents #1,256 of 4,755Top 30%
NCNippon Shokubai Co.: 2 patents #486 of 1,108Top 45%
Nissan Motor Co.: 2 patents #3,090 of 8,689Top 40%
UNUnknown: 2 patents #12,644 of 83,584Top 20%
NTNtn: 1 patents #814 of 1,364Top 60%
TCToshiba Carrier: 1 patents #69 of 163Top 45%
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha: 1 patents #2,094 of 3,782Top 60%
MAMarelli: 1 patents #21 of 84Top 25%
Saitama, JP: #339 of 10,685 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Masato Abe has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hitachi. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in October 2025. Masato Abe ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Masato Abe in Saitama, JP.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12448701 Single crystal manufacturing method, single crystal manufacturing apparatus and crucible Kenta Takao, Daiki FURUKAWA, Kenya Tanaka, Tamotsu Hasegawa, Toru UMENO 2025-10-21
12049216 Vehicle control method, vehicle system, and vehicle control apparatus Takatoshi Tsukano, Shohei Yamada, Daisuke Umetsu, Fuminori Kato, Osamu Sunahara +3 more 2024-07-30 $338,000
12043215 Vehicle article storage structure Takeshi Nishimura, Shota Watase, Tomohiro Watanabe, Masami Kikuchi 2024-07-23
11892186 Detection device Takashi Nakajo, Nariya Komazaki 2024-02-06
11772633 Vehicle control method, vehicle system, and vehicle control apparatus Takatoshi Tsukano, Shohei Yamada, Daisuke Umetsu, Fuminori Kato, Osamu Sunahara +3 more 2023-10-03 $113,000
11667275 Control apparatus of vehicle Takatoshi Tsukano, Makoto Yamakado, Yoshio Kano, Kazuki Sato 2023-06-06 $182,000
11459029 Steering system and vehicle equipped with same Norio Ishihara, Atsushi Itou, Yoshio Kano, Makoto Yamakado, Mitsunori Ishibashi 2022-10-04
10626641 Door check apparatus Takayuki Ueno, Dai Hidaka, Hirokazu Suzumura 2020-04-21
10618569 Steering support member structure 2020-04-14
10514245 Gap sensor and gap measuring method using a capacitance measuring technique detecting or measuring gaps between conductive member surfaces Yoshiteru Kyooka 2019-12-24
9775927 Particulate water absorbent and process for production thereof Taishi Kobayashi, Motohiro Imura, Taku Iwamura, Katsuyuki Wada, Kozo Nogi +3 more 2017-10-03
9555759 Knee protector structure for vehicle Shiro OZAWA 2017-01-31
9145165 Drive controlling apparatus for a vehicle Makoto Yamakado, Atsushi Yokoyama 2015-09-29
8952116 Particulate water absorbent and process for production thereof Taishi Kobayashi, Motohiro Imura, Taku Iwamura, Katsuyuki Wada, Kozo Nogi +3 more 2015-02-10
8764102 Structure of high-strength vehicle body member You Matsutani 2014-07-01
8744689 Drive controlling apparatus for a vehicle Makoto Yamakado, Atsushi Yokoyama 2014-06-03
8515619 Motion control unit for vehicle based on jerk information Makoto Yamakado, Shinya Imura 2013-08-20
8366182 Structure for vehicle high-strength member You Matsutani 2013-02-05
8239096 Motion control unit for vehicle based on jerk information Makoto Yamakado, Shinya Imura 2012-08-07
8112200 Motion control unit for vehicle based on jerk information Makoto Yamakado, Shinya Imura 2012-02-07 $175,000
8078381 Vehicle speed control apparatus in accordance with curvature of vehicle trajectory Makoto Yamakado, Atsushi Yokoyama 2011-12-13 $143,000
7979180 Motion control system for vehicle based on jerk information Makoto Yamakado, Shinya Imura 2011-07-12 $143,000
7293800 Knee protector for vehicle You Matsutani 2007-11-13
6820007 Vehicle operation assist control system Yoshimi Furukawa 2004-11-16 $571,000
6574560 Vehicle operation assist control system Yoshimi Furukawa 2003-06-03 $320,000