Patents Assigned to Lego A/S
  • Publication number: 20130017753
    Abstract: A toy building set comprising a number of toy building elements and an overload-safe linear actuator having a centre axis and with two spindle parts comprising a first spindle part with an internal thread arranged concentrically to the centre axis, and a second spindle part with an external thread screwed into the internal thread on the first spindle part, and wherein the thread on the one spindle is at least twice as long as the thread on the second spindle part. One of the spindle parts being provided with a slot extending through the spindle part longitudinally of the thread configured on the spindle part and essentially along the entire thread, it is accomplished that it is easy to adjust the length of the actuator by pulling or pressing the two spindle parts together or away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Frank Hohrmann Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20130012099
    Abstract: A toy spinning top with a displaceable platform 11 on which an object can be placed, such as a figure, and wherein the spinning top comprises means for displacing the platform 11 relative to the spinning top and at such rate that the object is ejected off the platform 11. The platform 11 is arranged to be movable in the body part by means of a forcible guide 14, 15 which, at least on a stretch of the forcible guide 14, 15, is configured such that the platform 11 can be caused to rotate only about the axis of rotation 4 relative to the spinning top simultaneously with it moving upwards or downwards along the axis of rotation 4 seen relative to the use situation in which the spinning top rotates about its essentially vertical axis of rotation 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Klaus Elias Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20120280993
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for visualising/rendering a computer model, the computer model comprising a plurality of components wherein the method comprises: storing a plurality of parts of at least one of the plurality of components, each part including geometry information for visualising/rendering the part, storing information indicative of the position and orientation of a plurality of components in a coordinate system, determining a spatial relationship between individual components, determining for the at least one component a number of stored parts to use for visualising/rendering the component, based on the determined spatial relationship between the individual components. By using the spatial relationship between the components to determine the number of parts to use for visualising/rendering a component, knowledge about the geometry of individual components and the connections of the components with other components can be used to find hidden parts that can be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Jakob Sprogøe Jakobsen, Tue Jakobsen, Jesper Martin Erstvang
  • Publication number: 20120282017
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a connector for toy structures and educational instruments, particularly for assembling plastic and metal components. The connector includes a circular base with apertures for securing to an expansive metal construction piece by use of screws or similar threaded fasteners. The connector further includes a passageway for receiving a second construction piece, such as a plastic construction piece. Pegs pass through aligned apertures in the walls of the passageway as well as apertures in the second construction pieces, thereby securing the second construction piece to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Paul Uttley, Stephan S. Turnipseed
  • Patent number: 8240939
    Abstract: The apparatus is a connector for toy structures and educational instruments, particularly for assembling plastic and metal components. The connector includes a circular base with apertures for securing to an expansive metal construction piece by use of screws or similar threaded fasteners. The connector further includes a passageway for receiving a second construction piece, such as a plastic construction piece. Pegs pass through aligned apertures in the walls of the passageway as well as apertures in the second construction pieces, thereby securing the second construction piece to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Paul Uttley, Stephan S. Turnipseed
  • Publication number: 20110300772
    Abstract: A building element for a toy building set, comprising a body part 1 with coupling studs 3a, 3b on the top face and complementarily configured coupling means 2a, 2b on the bottom face, and wherein one or more electrical conductors 4a, 4b is/are provided that connect one or more coupling studs with one or more complementarily configured coupling means; and wherein the conductors comprise an electrically insulating and curable material into which a plurality of electrically conductive elements are admixed and distributed, such as fibres or particles, in such a way that the conductor is able to convey he current through the conductor from the coupling stud to an electrical contact face on the complementarily configured coupling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Frank Bo Risvig
  • Patent number: D643883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Laurence Dawes
  • Patent number: D652087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Laurence Dawes
  • Patent number: D667508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Jens Kronvold Frederiksen
  • Patent number: D667895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Jan Rya
  • Patent number: D672401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Laurence Dawes
  • Patent number: D672402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Ashley Macadam
  • Patent number: D672403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Geir Karsten Riis
  • Patent number: D672404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Laurence Dawes
  • Patent number: D672405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Ashley MacAdam
  • Patent number: D672406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Gabriel Sas
  • Patent number: D672410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Arnaud Rene Albert Dubreuil, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D672411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Arnaud Rene Albert Dubreuil, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D672412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Arnaud Rene Albert Dubreuil, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D672413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Arnaud Rene Albert Dubreuil, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa