Patents by Inventor Eita Kada

Eita Kada 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: 7303508
    Abstract: Training apparatus includes: a base stand which has slide shafts that are provided side by side and extend in the right-and-left directions; a slide base portion which can slide along this slide shaft; a foot stand which is provided over the slide base portion so as to be turned; a connection mechanism portion which is formed by a rod and its support portion that engages a substantially-middle proper part of the base stand in the right-and-left directions and the foot stand, so that the sliding position and the turning angle of the foot stand can be correlated; and a spring which gives the slide base portion the force by which the slide base portion moves toward a substantially-middle position of the base stand in the right-and-left directions. Thereby, a sliding exercise and a twisting exercise can be taken together, and the body trunk can be effectively trained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Konami Sports Life Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Toyama, Kojiro Minami, Eita Kada, Hirofumi Nagao, Takuya Nakano
  • Publication number: 20060009329
    Abstract: Training apparatus includes: a base stand which has slide shafts that are provided side by side and extend in the right-and-left directions; a slide base portion which can slide along this slide shaft; a foot stand which is provided over the slide base portion so as to be turned; a connection mechanism portion which is formed by a rod and its support portion that engages a substantially-middle proper part of the base stand in the right-and-left directions and the foot stand, so that the sliding position and the turning angle of the foot stand can be correlated; and a spring which gives the slide base portion the force by which the slide base portion moves toward a substantially-middle position of the base stand in the right-and-left directions. Thereby, a sliding exercise and a twisting exercise can be taken together, and the body trunk can be effectively trained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Konami Sports Life Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Toyama, Kojiro Minami, Eita Kada, Hirofumi Nagao, Takuya Nakano
  • Patent number: 6276682
    Abstract: An air hockey game apparatus provides appropriate dynamic characteristics to the game, thereby effectively improving amusement characteristics of the game. The air hockey game apparatus has a puck sliding surface having blowholes for blowing air to float a puck, an air-blower for blowing and sending air toward blowholes, a puck-reflecting frame around the puck sliding surface, goals on the puck sliding surface, blocking members in the individual goals, opening/closing driving units for changing the open sizes of the individual goals by using the blocking members, and a controller for controlling the opening/closing driving units, thereby allowing competition for entering the puck into the goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Yamashita, Kojiro Minami, Eita Kada, Hideki Kotani, Yusuke Fujimoto, Hajime Dohki
  • Patent number: 6234476
    Abstract: An air hockey game apparatus allows game players to appropriately recognize statuses such as a game progress status, thereby effectively improving amusement characteristics. The air hockey game apparatus has a puck sliding surface having blowholes for blowing air to float a puck, an air-blower for blowing and sending air toward blowholes, a puck-reflecting frame around the puck sliding surface, and goals on the puck sliding surface. In the air hockey game apparatus, at least one portion of the puck sliding surface is transparent, and display sections are provided under the transparent portion, of which the display mode is changeable. Also, display-mode-setting units for setting the display mode of the display sections are provided, thereby controlling the display sections so as to be in the set display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Yamashita, Kojiro Minami, Eita Kada, Hideki Kotani, Yusuke Fujimoto, Hajime Dohki
  • Patent number: D446251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Otomi, Eita Kada, Shingo Onkoshi
  • Patent number: D406182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Chikui, Eita Kada