Patents by Inventor Teruo Takane

Teruo Takane 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).

  • Hour chime clock
    Patent number: 5124959
    Abstract: An hour chime clock has an hour-indicating hand and a plurality of display units disposed circumferentially around the hour-indicating hand at different hour positions. The display units are displaceable between two positions to display either an ornament or an hour numeral. At each hour, a melody chimes and the display units undergo a predetermined pattern of movements. After chiming the hour, the display unit at the present hour position is placed in a different display state from the display state of all the other display units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Seikosha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Teruo Takane, Kenji Oshima, Shigeru Shimozono, Shinya Tamura, Kunio Hashimoto