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Hiroshi Isobe — 95 Patents

NTNtn: 68 patents #3 of 1,364Top 1%
Sony: 15 patents #2,874 of 25,231Top 15%
DCDiesel Kiki Co.: 4 patents #61 of 366Top 20%
ACAkebono Brake Industry Co.: 2 patents #120 of 376Top 35%
TATatsumi: 1 patents #3 of 4Top 75%
Yamaha: 1 patents #1,232 of 2,001Top 65%
YCYanmar Holdings Co.: 1 patents #349 of 636Top 55%
Canon: 1 patents #14,969 of 19,416Top 80%
Hitachi: 1 patents #17,777 of 28,497Top 65%
FCFuji Chemical Co.: 1 patents #19 of 34Top 60%
KTKyushu Institute Of Technology: 1 patents #75 of 237Top 35%
SLSumitomo Riko Company Limited: 1 patents #206 of 446Top 50%
Iwata, JP: #5 of 782 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #16,077 of 4,157,543Top 1%
95 Patents All Time
Hiroshi Isobe has been granted 95 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ntn. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in August 2025. Hiroshi Isobe ranks #16,077 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.39%). Patent records list Hiroshi Isobe in Iwata, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2013.peak 111981: 1 patents19811982: 1 patents1984: 1 patents1985: 1 patents19851996: 2 patents2002: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents2009: 4 patents20092010: 3 patents2011: 3 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 11 patents2014: 5 patents2015: 7 patents20152016: 8 patents2017: 5 patents2018: 6 patents20182019: 5 patents2020: 5 patents2021: 8 patents20212022: 6 patents2023: 2 patents2024: 4 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 95 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12384018 Parallel link mechanism and link operation device 2025-08-12
12125860 Image sensor, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus 2024-10-22 $714,000
12042935 Link actuation apparatus Kenzou Nose 2024-07-23
12033985 Display unit and electronic apparatus 2024-07-09
11865718 Working device using parallel link mechanism and control method thereof Naoki Marui 2024-01-09
11668375 Parallel link mechanism and link actuation device Akihiro Hayashi, Hirofumi Fukumaru, Taiga Okamoto, Kenzou Nose, Hideki Matsuzawa +1 more 2023-06-06
11581301 Electrostatic protective element and electronic device Takaaki Tatsumi 2023-02-14 $666,000
11454587 Measurement apparatus, measurement method, and program Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Ichiro Ujiie, Tomonori Masuno 2022-09-27 $580,000
11420322 Working device and double-arm type working device Kenzou Nose, Naoki Marui 2022-08-23
11407101 Link actuating device Kenzou Nose 2022-08-09
11298814 Link actuating device having a proximal-end-side link hub, a distal-end-side link hub, and three or more link mechanisms Naoki Marui, Seigo Sakata, Kenzou Nose 2022-04-12
11247329 Work device and dual-arm work device Seigo Sakata, Yuuki Shimura 2022-02-15
11247333 Work device using parallel link mechanism Naoki Marui 2022-02-15
11154983 Link actuation device manipulating device and link actuation system Naoki Marui, Seigo Sakata 2021-10-26
11154994 Work device and dual-arm work device Kenzou Nose, Naoki Marui, Hiroyuki Yamada 2021-10-26
11141915 Three-dimensional shaping device Katsunori Sone 2021-10-12
11130229 Link operating device control device and control method Seigo Sakata, Yuuki Shimura, Naoki Marui 2021-09-28
11130225 Working device and double-arm type working device Kenzou Nose, Naoki Marui, Hiroyuki Yamada 2021-09-28
11072066 Working device using parallel link mechanism Naoya Konagai 2021-07-27
11000946 Link operating device Kenzou Nose, Seigo Sakata 2021-05-11
10890236 Operation method for link actuating device Seigo Sakata, Yukihiro Nishio, Naoya Konagai, Hiroyuki Yamada 2021-01-12
10828779 Diagnostic device for link actuation device Naoki Marui, Yukihiro Nishio, Seigo Sakata 2020-11-10
10780574 Link actuating device Kenzou Nose, Seigo Sakata 2020-09-22
10661398 Link actuator to initially set position of origin Hiroyuki Yamada, Keisuke Sone 2020-05-26
10556308 Work machine provided with parallel link mechanism Kenzou Nose, Seigo Sakata, Hiroyuki Yamada 2020-02-11