Patents Assigned to Tomy Company, Limited
  • Toy
    Patent number: 6183332
    Abstract: An intellectual training toy has a large freedom of arrangement and enables connection between the driven ember and the rotary driving member even while the rotary driving member is rotating. The toy includes a base member which has a driving mechanism built-in and a field portion having a smooth surface. A rotary member is engaged with the driving mechanism and is rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the smooth surface of the field portion. A driving body having a rotary portion is attachable to the field portion of the base member so that the rotary portion is connected to the rotary member to rotate according to a rotation of the rotary member. A first driven body can be held at a desired position on the field portion of the base member by magnetic attraction force and can engage with the rotary portion of the driving body while being held on the field portion of the base member by a magnetic attraction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Limited
    Inventor: Tomohiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 5306197
    Abstract: A key action, movable toy of the present invention moves in response to a turning action of a switch key. The toy generates a starting sound and an engine sound. A key switch mechanism which has three positions, off, on and starting, energizes a power unit, which moves the toy, to an on-state. The energizing occurs in response to a switch key moving from the off position to the starting position and to the on position. The power unit will stay on when in the on position, and a sound generation mechanism will switch from the starting sound to an engine sound when the switch key moves to the on position. The toy will move in response to a lever which controls whether the toy will move or stay stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: D481081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Limited
    Inventor: Masamichi Okutsu