Patents by Inventor Hokuto Furusawa

Hokuto Furusawa 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).

  • Vehicle toy
    Patent number: 8419498
    Abstract: A vehicle toy makes an imagination of an appearance of a second mode which is transformable from an appearance of a first mode difficult. A vehicle toy transformable between a first mode and a second mode includes a base member having a front surface forming part of the first mode and a back surface forming part of the second mode, at least two or more rotating members each rotatably coupled to the base member and having different features on the front surfaces and the back surfaces thereof so that the front surfaces form the first mode and the back surfaces form the second mode, and have connecting portions disposed at respective ends of at least two of the rotating members connecting to each other and retain the vehicle toy in either the first mode or in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Bandai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hokuto Furusawa, Shotaro Matsuno, Katsuyuki Miyazawa
  • OPERATING TOY
    Publication number: 20120142248
    Abstract: When a key member is inserted into a key cylinder attached to a toy main body, and in the case where the key member is inserted completely, the key member turns on a first switch, and it is checked that the key member is inserted completely. If in this state the key member is rotated, some of a plurality of second switches are turned on. According to the combination of second switches turned on at this time, sound and light are emitted in a predetermined pattern, and therefore the user feels that sound and light are emitted by their operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamichi MURAYAMA, Kengo Nakanishi, Hokuto Furusawa, Aya Uchiyama, Hirotaka Hatayama
  • Vehicle toy
    Publication number: 20110070801
    Abstract: A vehicle toy makes an imagination of an appearance of a second mode which is transformable from an appearance of a first mode difficult. A vehicle toy transformable between a first mode and a second mode includes a base member having a front surface forming part of the first mode and a back surface forming part of the second mode, at least two or more rotating members each rotatably coupled to the base member and having different features on the front surfaces and the back surfaces thereof so that the front surfaces form the first mode and the back surfaces form the second mode, and have connecting portions disposed at respective ends of at least two of the rotating members connecting to each other and retain the vehicle toy in either the first mode or in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Bandai (Bandai Co., Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hokuto Furusawa, Shotaro Matsuno, Katsuyuki Miyazawa