Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Ikenaga

Nobuhiro Ikenaga has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6564484
    Abstract: A swimming element enjoying system capable of applying an external stimulus to a swimming element moved at a predetermined rhythm, to thereby permit the swimming element to carry out different motion, to thereby provide an observer with a fresh surprise, so that the observer may be soothed or healed. A swimming element made in imitation of an aquatic life and a drive unit for driving the swimming element each are provided with a permanent magnet. The permanent magnet of the drive unit is rotated, to thereby permit an attracting/repulsing action to be carried out between the permanent magnets, leading to random vertical motion of said swimming element. Motion of the swimming element is randomly varied when a sensor detects an external stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: Takara Co., Ltd, Yukasha Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ikenaga, Noriyuki Inomata