Patents by Inventor Toyozo Maki

Toyozo Maki 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).

  • Manual control device for use with amusement machine
    Patent number: 6030291
    Abstract: A manual control device for use as a joystick with a amusement machine has a control lever tiltably mounted on a support plate by a bearing and a detecting mechanism for detecting a tilting displacement of the control lever to control a displayed character or object in a video game played on the amusement machine. A stimulus imparting mechanism is actuatable depending on how a video game played by the amusement machine develops and moves the control lever to impart a stimulus through the control lever to a game player of the video game. A resistance imparting mechanism is actuatable depending on how the video game played by the amusement machine develops and imparts resistive forces to the control lever against forces applied by the game player to move the control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyozo Maki, Hirofumi Nagao