Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Fujimaki

Hiroaki Fujimaki 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).

  • Toy top playing apparatus
    Patent number: 8066543
    Abstract: A toy top playing apparatus for one person to play a toy top spinning game. A main body of the apparatus is provided with a display portion for displaying a game point, a play stage for spinning a toy top thereon, a dummy toy top simulating a toy top and arranged on the play stage, a sensor for detecting contact between the toy top and the dummy toy top, and a control section for processing the game point displayed on the display portion when the sensor detects the contact. The dummy toy top rotates on its axis, and a rotational direction thereof is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Kitamura, Haruhisa Ujita, Nobuo Kobayashi, Hiroaki Fujimaki
  • Toy top playing apparatus
    Publication number: 20090253343
    Abstract: A toy top playing apparatus for one person to play a toy top spinning game. A main body of the apparatus is provided with a display portion for displaying a game point, a play stage for spinning a toy top thereon, a dummy toy top simulating a toy top and arranged on the play stage, a sensor for detecting contact between the toy top and the dummy toy top, and a control section for processing the game point displayed on the display portion when the sensor detects the contact. The dummy toy top rotates on its axis, and a rotational direction thereof is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Kitamura, Haruhisa Ujita, Nobuo Kobayashi, Hiroaki Fujimaki
  • Animal toys having switch and vibration motor
    Patent number: 4941857
    Abstract: Animal toys capable of electrically producing body movements are switched on and off by a pair of spaced apart electrical contacts disposed on a bottom surface of the animal toys. When a toy is placed in an individual's hand, the two contacts are bridged and an electrical circuit within the animal toy is closed to activate either a vibration producing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Fujimaki
  • Animal toys
    Patent number: 4867726
    Abstract: Animal toys capable of electrically producing sound and/or body movements are switched on and off by a pair of spaced apart electrical contacts disposed on a bottom surface of the animal toys. When a toy is placed in an individual's hand, the two contacts are bridged and an electrical circuit within the animal toy is closed to activate either a sound producing mechanism or a movement mechanism, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Fujimaki