Patents by Inventor Jingo Wada

Jingo Wada 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: 7367533
    Abstract: A point switching device that is disposed at a diverging point on tracks on which a movable body travels is provided. This point switching device includes: a point that rotates around a support point on one end, and can move between a first position and a second position; a first coil that generates an induction field to drive the point to the first position; a second coil that generates an induction field to drive the point to the second position; and an excitation control unit that selectively supplies an intermittent exciting current to the first coil or the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Jingo Wada
  • Patent number: 7162334
    Abstract: A system for remote controlling a drive in accordance with data transmitted to the drive includes a data generator, for generating data, including identification information data, for distinguishing the transmitter from among a plurality of transmitters, and drive-specifying information data, for distinguishing the drive from among a plurality of drives; operation control information data, and discrimination information data; a transmitter, for transmitting the data; a receiver, for receiving the transmitted data; a data storage, for storing identification information data assigned to the drive; a first discriminator, for discriminating whether received data is operation control information data or identification information data; a second discriminator, for discriminating whether the received data is the data transmitted to the drive; a controller, for executing operation control in accordance with the operation control information data; and an identification-information changer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Jingo Wada
  • Publication number: 20060113430
    Abstract: A point switching device (4) that is disposed at a diverging point on tracks (3) on which a moving body (1) travels is provided. This point switching device includes: a point (8) that rotates around a support point (20) on one end, and can move between a first position (P1) and a second position (P2); a first coil (33a) that generates an induction field to drive the point to the first position; a second coil (33b) that generates an induction field to drive the point to the second position; and an excitation control unit (40) that selectively supplies an intermittent exciting current to the first coil or the second coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Jingo Wada
  • Patent number: 6970096
    Abstract: To provide a transmitter suitable for making it possible to change the identification information for a drive by using the data transmitted from a transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Nagata, Takashi Yamaguchi, Jingo Wada
  • Publication number: 20040039495
    Abstract: To provide a remote-control system to which a user can set the identification information for relating a transmitter with a drive without replacing special components. In a remote-control system making it possible to separately control a plurality of drives by relating a transmitter with a drive to be remote-controlled in accordance with data sent from the transmitter in accordance with the identification information included in the data, in which the transmitter is provided with a device for changing the identification information included in the data in response to an identification-information setting operation by a user and a device for adding the change designation information for designating change of identification information to the data in response to an identification information change designating operation by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Jingo Wada
  • Publication number: 20030016138
    Abstract: To provide a transmitter suitable for making it possible to change the identification information for a drive by using the data transmitted from a transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Akihiko Nagata, Takashi Yamaguchi, Jingo Wada
  • Patent number: 5716275
    Abstract: A running model is used in a race game machine, and includes: a frame member; a front wheel rotatably supported at a front end of the frame; a rear wheel rotatably supported at a rear end of the frame; a dummy object mounted on the frame, the dummy object including a motion portion operatively connected with particular one of the front and rear wheels; and a support wheel rotatably supported on the frame, a lowest peripheral point of the support wheel being below a line connecting respective lowest peripheral points of the front and rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingo Wada, Isao Uehara
  • Patent number: 5649863
    Abstract: A running model is used in a race game machine, and includes: a frame member; a front wheel rotatably supported at a front end of the frame; a rear wheel rotatably supported at a rear end of the frame; a dummy object mounted on the frame, the dummy object including a motion portion operatively connected with particular one of the front and rear wheels; and a support wheel rotatably supported on the frame, a lowest peripheral point of the support wheel being below a line connecting respective lowest peripheral points of the front and rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingo Wada, Isao Uehara