Patents Assigned to Nikko Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20060154564
    Abstract: A two-wheeled toy vehicle by radio control having a supporting member of a front wheel mounted on a vehicle body so as to control freely in steering angle and a rider-like doll mounted on an upper portion of the vehicle body, the doll response to the radio controlled steering operation, effecting parallel displacement vertically to traveling direction and horizontally to the vehicle body, the steering operation being effected by slanting the supporting member of the front wheel in accordance with displacement of the toy's gravity center caused by the parallel displacement of the doll. The supporting member of the front wheel includes a front fork joint provided with a connecting portion combined to the vehicle body and a long cylindrical member provided with an oval like opening portion at its upper part with opposite ends being jointed with a specific angle to the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Mukaida
  • Publication number: 20060148374
    Abstract: To provide a radio control transmitter that generates and transmits a control signal controlling a travelling direction of a toy vehicle, the radio control transmitter comprises: a supporter provided with a bearing section which is spherically recessed at the upper part; a lower case wherein the supporter protrudes through an inner center base; an opening section of an upper case formed at the center wherein the supporter penetrates through; a substrate positioned inside the lower case and perpendicular to the supporter; a plurality of switches which are fixed around a substrate opening section opened on the substrate, and which determine the travelling direction of the toy vehicle; and a control shaft which maintains a plurality of pressing sections positioned on each of the switches, comprising a spherical end axis section which is rotably fixed to the bearing section at the lower part of the control shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: NIKKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Mukaida
  • Publication number: 20060057934
    Abstract: A traveling toy having a plurality of steering front wheels and a plurality of rear wheels being connected with a driver, and a suspension of traveling toy in which a trailing arm having one end part supported rotatably at the upper part of a supporting wall standing from the chassis of the traveling toy at one end thereof, a first central hole part for passing a hollow tubular section projecting from the chassis through a specified interval from the supporting wall, a spring part interposed while being energized between a threaded part on top of the hollow tubular section and the end part of the first hole part, and a second hole part opening in the horizontal direction at the other end part serves to pass the axle of rear wheels through the second hole part thus absorbing a shock transmitted from the axle through the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Nikko Co. LTD
    Inventor: Shigeharu Sato
  • Publication number: 20050168373
    Abstract: A wireless control transmitter for remotely controlling a controlled body of a wireless control apparatus by an electromagnetic wave, which comprises a grip to be grasped by a dominant hand of a user, a throttle trigger lever slidably protruding along a lower surface of a controller provided at a head portion of the grip and for controlling forward and backward movements of the controlled body, and a steering wheel arranged on the upper surface of an end portion of the controller and for controlling right and left turns of the controlled body, wherein the steering wheel tilts and fixes its axial direction toward a particular direction with respect to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Mukaida
  • Patent number: 6796874
    Abstract: A remote control running toy comprises a pair of uprights (24), each having a kingpin (22) for steerably supporting the wheels (20); and a steering mechanism (32) which is coupled through steering rods (30) with the uprights (24); wherein the running toy comprises a coil-shaped spring member (40) for absorbing a shock transmitted via the uprights (22) to the steering rods (28). Thereby, the remote control running toy is provided, which is able to prevent the steering rods from being damaged, even if a strong shock acts onto the front wheels, thus improving the reliability of the running toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuyoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 6506096
    Abstract: A running toy, wherein four running wheels (14) mounted detachably on the axles of a running toy main body (10) are provided with two axle inserting holes having those profiles formed so that they match the cross-sections of angular shaft of these axles, respectively, one of these axle inserting holes is formed at the center of running wheel (14), and the other axle inserting hole is formed at a position eccentric from the center of the running wheel (14) so as to obtain an irregular running mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zenichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 6394876
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a running toy is provided having a rear-end portion of a fore undercarriage with front wheels pivotally coupled with a fore-end portion of a rear undercarriage with rear wheels. Further, a fore toy body is attached to the fore undercarriage, and a rear toy body is attached to the rear undercarriage, where the fore toy body and rear toy body are sustained such that these car bodies move parallel toward or away from each other, and where a rear-wheel driving mechanism for driving at least either the front wheels or the rear wheels is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zenichi Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20010053653
    Abstract: A remote control running toy comprises a pair of uprights (24), each having a kingpin (22) for steerably supporting the wheels (20); and a steering mechanism (32) which is coupled through steering rods (30) with the uprights (24); wherein the running toy comprises a coil-shaped spring member (40) for absorbing a shock transmitted via the uprights (22) to the steering rods (28). Thereby, the remote control running toy is provided, which is able to prevent the steering rods from being damaged, even if a strong shock acts onto the front wheels, thus improving the reliability of the running toy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuyoshi Harada
  • Patent number: D502968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Tooru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D504430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Tooru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D515635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Tooru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D515636
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Tooru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D518117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Nikko Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Tooru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D468370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki Hattori
  • Patent number: D470544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Uetake
  • Patent number: D478638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Mukaida
  • Patent number: D479479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zenichi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: D480117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Mukaida
  • Patent number: D486151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Mukaida
  • Patent number: D486491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Nikko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Mukaida