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Seiyo Hirano — 18 Patents

Mazda Motor: 18 patents #107 of 4,755Top 3%
Aki, JP: #21 of 393 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Seiyo Hirano has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mazda Motor. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in April 2025. Seiyo Hirano ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Seiyo Hirano in Aki, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2022.peak 51994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19952013: 1 patents20132020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 5 patents20222023: 4 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12280646 Vehicle drive device Isao Toda, Kei Yonemori, Hideki Sanai 2025-04-22
12214666 Vehicle driving apparatus Isao Toda, Kei Yonemori, Satoshi Maruyama, Shinji Fujihira, Wataru Kuwahara +4 more 2025-02-04
11958467 Hybrid driving apparatus Isao Toda, Hideki Sanai 2024-04-16 $205,000
11938801 Vehicle drive device Isao Toda, Kei Yonemori, Hideki Sanai 2024-03-26 $179,000
11738630 Vehicle in-wheel drive motor and a body side drive motor Isao Toda, Kei Yonemori, Hideki Sanai 2023-08-29 $154,000
11718168 Vehicle drive device Isao Toda, Kei Yonemori, Hideki Sanai 2023-08-08 $172,000
11691496 Vehicle drive system Akihiro Furukawa, Ikuo USAMI, Kazuya Kotani 2023-07-04
11643065 Vehicle drive system Akihiro Furukawa, Ikuo USAMI 2023-05-09 $188,000
11427067 Vehicle drive device Isao Toda, Kei Yonemori, Hideki Sanai 2022-08-30 $134,000
11364783 Hybrid driving apparatus that selectively causes main driving electric motor and sub-driving electric motors to generate forces depending on traveling mode and traveling status of vehicle Isao Toda, Hideki Sanai 2022-06-21 $117,000
11351876 Vehicle power supply system Akihiro Furukawa, Hideki Sanai 2022-06-07 $164,000
11345242 Vehicle drive system Akihiro Furukawa, Hideki Sanai 2022-05-31 $109,000
11230183 Vehicle drive system Akihiro Furukawa, Hideki Sanai 2022-01-25 $190,000
11173858 Vehicle power supply system Akihiro Furukawa, Hideki Sanai 2021-11-16 $253,000
10576983 Vehicle system Masaru Takase, Ryohei YASUTOMI, Hisanobu OKADA, Setsuya Kishimura, Takeshi Yabuki +2 more 2020-03-03 $254,000
8433502 Control method and control device for engine Kunitomo Minamitani, Katsumasa Yoshida, Akitomo Kume, Hideki Sanai, Kazuya Kotani 2013-04-30 $867,000
5414645 Method of fault diagnosis in an apparatus having sensors 1995-05-09 $40,000
5309436 Multiplex transmission system for vehicles Kunihiko Matumura, Satoru Kawasoe 1994-05-03 $141,000