Patents Assigned to Tomy Company Ltd.
  • Rotation-rate detector for spinning top
    Patent number: 9435820
    Abstract: A rotation-rate detector detects a rotation rate of a spinning top and is fixed to or detachably attached to a launcher. The launcher applies a rotational force to the spinning top to launch the spinning top. The rotation-rate detector includes a detachment detector that detects detachment and attachment of the spinning top. The rotation rate of the spinning top is detected after the detachment detector detects attachment of the spinning top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Muraki, Takeaki Maeda
  • GAMING SYSTEM AND GAMING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160236078
    Abstract: In a gaming system to progress a battle game using game progression information in one gaming device and another gaming device, a controller of the one gaming device allows a storage unit to store the game progression information read by a reader and identifies a detected finger motion pattern. When the finger motion pattern coincides with a finger motion pattern for input in the stored game progression information, the controller allows at least part of the game progression information to be transmitted toward the other gaming device through a communication unit to be used for the progress of the game in the other gaming device. The controller acquires the game progression information in the other gaming device through the communication unit and allows the progress of the battle game using the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto TOKUNAGA
  • TOY TOP
    Publication number: 20160151716
    Abstract: A toy top equipped with a motor having a battery as a power source, wherein a main body is furnished with: a first wheel and a second wheel provided a specified distance from each other in a wheel axis direction; and a motive power transmission mechanism, which is for transmitting motive power from the motor and for rotating the first wheel in a first direction while rotating the second wheel in a second different direction The toy top, is stable with respect to external forces and with which a range of top games can be broadened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohito NAGAI
  • Toy
    Patent number: 9242183
    Abstract: When one motor rotates a rotating disk, the rotating disk rotates a first moving body, and the rotating disk moves a second moving body from an initial position against a bias force of a bias unit, a protrusion of the rotating disk engages with allowance with a recess portion of the first moving body so that the rotating disk does not rotate reversely when the second moving body returns to the initial position. With this device, it is possible to move only either one of two moving bodies operated by one motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: TOMY COMPANY, LTD., GANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nagai, Yasuhiro Yamasaki
  • Game-piece launching toy
    Patent number: 9168451
    Abstract: This game-piece launching toy, which is a toy used while playing games in which game-pieces such as marbles are launched, includes a toy body; a flipping member installed on the toy body; a pushing member configured to move a game-piece placed on the toy body toward a tip of the flipping member; and a restriction member installed on the toy body to be movable with respect to the toy body and operated by a user to restrict the flipping member. The game-piece loaded into the toy body is launched from the toy body using a restriction force acting on the flipping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Horikawa
  • TOY
    Publication number: 20150209683
    Abstract: When one motor rotates a rotating disk, the rotating disk rotates a first moving body, and the rotating disk moves a second moving body from an initial position against a bias force of a bias unit, a protrusion of the rotating disk engages with allowance with a recess portion of the first moving body so that the rotating disk does not rotate reversely when the second moving body returns to the initial position. With this device, it is possible to move only either one of two moving bodies operated by one motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicants: GANG CO., LTD., TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito NAGAI, Yasuhiro Yamasaki
  • TRANSFORMABLE TOY
    Publication number: 20150196850
    Abstract: A transformable toy is reversibly transformed from/to a first form to/from a second form with a user operation. Rotational parts are attached to a base part, rotate on a shaft and are biased in a direction for the second form. An engagement part is attached to a movable part attached to the base part, reciprocating in a direction parallel to the shaft and biased in a separating direction from the base part. When the movable part is operated in an approaching direction to the base part, the engagement part rotates the rotational parts to engage therewith at a position for the first form and stop and a locking mechanism locks the movable part. When at least a portion of the locked movable part is operated, the locking mechanism unlocks the movable part and the engagement part disengages from the rotational parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori KOBAYASHI
  • LAUNCHING TOY
    Publication number: 20150040881
    Abstract: Provided is a launching toy for launching a projectile with a simple structure and excellent operability. The launching toy includes a main body having a loading portion for loading the projectile and an advancing member provided to the main body so as to be operated by a finger. The advancing member is configured to push and launch the projectile loaded in the loading portion frontwards from the main body by a manual operation. The advancing member is configured to be able to advance and recede relative to the loading portion, and is normally in an advance-standby state by means of its own weight such that the advancing member recedes from the loading portion, and is configured to protrude into the loading portion to push the projectile loaded in the loading portion by a finger operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Shindoh
  • TRANSFORMABLE CONSTRUCTION TOY
    Publication number: 20140370777
    Abstract: A toy construction set includes a plurality of interconnecting toy construction pieces, the pieces being connectable to build a toy that reversibly transforms between a first toy form and a second toy form, the first toy form defining a longitudinal axis in a first plane and the second toy form defining a longitudinal axis in a second plane that has a surface normal that is different from a surface normal of the first plane; and a bidirectional transformation module. The bidirectional transformation module includes a body defining a first connector and a second connector, the first connector coupled to a first piece included in the plurality of interconnecting toy construction pieces, and the second connector coupled to a second piece included in the plurality of interconnecting toy construction pieces; and a flexible portion between the first and second connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicants: TOMY COMPANY, LTD, HASBRO, INC.
    Inventors: Hagop Minassian, Leonard Joseph Panzica, JR., William J. Rawley, Joshua Lamb, Yuga Onishi
  • Game-Piece Launching Toy
    Publication number: 20140346729
    Abstract: This game-piece launching toy, which is a toy used while playing games in which game-pieces such as marbles are launched, includes a toy body; a flipping member installed on the toy body; a pushing member configured to move a game-piece placed on the toy body toward a tip of the flipping member; and a restriction member installed on the toy body to be movable with respect to the toy body and operated by a user to restrict the flipping member. The game-piece loaded into the toy body is launched from the toy body using a restriction force acting on the flipping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Horikawa
  • Robot toy
    Patent number: 8747179
    Abstract: A robot toy includes a body and a controller. The body includes right and left arms, legs, arm-actuating mechanisms, thrust mechanisms, and a driving unit. The arms can be extended forward and back, and are pulled back by a predetermined biasing force in a normal condition. The arm-actuating mechanisms are provided at the respective arms and allow the corresponding arms to be extended and pulled back. The thrust mechanisms are provided at the respective legs and allow the corresponding legs to move forward. The driving unit drives one of a pair of the left arm-actuating mechanism and the left thrust mechanism and a pair of the right arm-actuating mechanism and the right thrust mechanism. The driving unit simultaneously drives the arm-actuating mechanism and the thrust mechanism in the same pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nagai, Ryoichi Sato, Teruo Kitamura
  • Spinner for toy top
    Patent number: 8715032
    Abstract: A spinner for a toy top enables a launching position of a toy top to be easily set and held in place even when a rack belt is vigorously pulled out. The spinner includes an elongated rack belt having a rack gear, and a spinner main body formed with an insertion hole through which the rack belt is inserted. The spinner main body includes a toy top mounting part rotatably provided on one surface thereof. Inside the spinner main body, a rotating mechanism that is actuated by pulling out the rack belt to impart a rotational force to the toy top mounting part is provided. The rack belt can be inserted into and pulled out from the insertion hole in a same direction as an axis of rotation of the toy top mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Horikoshi, Takeaki Maeda
  • BACKSPIN TOY
    Publication number: 20140106641
    Abstract: A backspin toy includes a running body including a flywheel, a starting base including a starting unit, and a torque giving unit. The torque giving unit gives torque to travel backward to the flywheel in a state in which the running body is kept on the starting base. The starting unit hits the running body so as to give force to travel forward to the running body in a state in which the torque is given to the flywheel, thereby catapulting the running body forward with backspin. The running body including the flywheel, to which the torque is given, and being catapulted forward, travels backward by the torque given to the flywheel in response to reaching a limit point of the force to travel forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Tomy Company, Ltd
    Inventor: Takashi ICHIKAWA
  • Backspin toy
    Patent number: 8696401
    Abstract: A backspin toy includes a vehicle having a front bumper, a platform having space for accommodating the vehicle therein, a flywheel disposed within the vehicle and rotatably supported within the vehicle, and a backspin unit that imparts backspin to the flywheel, disposed on the platform and engaging the flywheel, and configured to spin the flywheel rotatably supported within the vehicle to catapult the vehicle in a forward direction from the platform, the vehicle subsequently running in a reverse direction toward the platform at a limit of forward motion due to backspin of the flywheel imparted to the flywheel by the backspin unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Ichikawa
  • ROBOT TOY
    Publication number: 20130252509
    Abstract: A robot toy includes a body and a controller. The body includes right and left arms, legs, arm-actuating mechanisms, thrust mechanisms, and a driving unit. The arms can be extended forward and back, and are pulled back by a predetermined biasing force in a normal condition. The arm-actuating mechanisms provided at the respective arms allow the corresponding arms to be extended in front of the body against the biasing force. The thrust mechanisms provided at the respective legs allow the corresponding legs to move forward. The driving unit drives one of a pair of the left arm-actuating mechanism and the left thrust mechanism and a pair of the right arm-actuating mechanism and the right thrust mechanism. The driving unit simultaneously drives the arm-actuating mechanism and the thrust mechanism in the same pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nagai, Ryoichi Sato, Teruo Kitamura
  • Remote controller for toy robot
    Patent number: D692956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Teruo Kitamura
  • Toy robot
    Patent number: D715379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Teruo Kitamura
  • Toy robot
    Patent number: D715380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taijiro Ito
  • Toy robot
    Patent number: D715381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taijiro Ito
  • Toy robot
    Patent number: D715382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taijiro Ito