Patents by Inventor Kazutsugi Kanagawa

Kazutsugi Kanagawa 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).

  • Expression-varying device
    Patent number: 6991511
    Abstract: An expression-varying device is disclosed. The device includes a supporting member that supports two eyeball bodies so that the eyeball bodies are free to pivot. The device also includes a connecting member that connects the two eyeball bodies, and that supports the eyeball bodies so that the eyeball bodies can pivot in synchronization in a side to side or left to right direction. The device includes a swinging mechanism that causes the connecting member to swing upward and downward and to the left and right. The swinging mechanism includes a disk in which a recessed groove is formed in a side surface of the disk and runs in a circumferential direction. The depth of the groove and distance of the groove from the center of the disk vary according to relative positions on the disk. The swinging mechanism includes a motor that causes the disk to rotate. An engaging shaft which engages with the recessed groove of the disk is formed on and protrudes from and to the side of the arm member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Mattel Inc.
    Inventors: Albert P. Maggiore, Toshinobu Ishii, Kazutsugi Kanagawa, Hideyasu Karasawa
  • Expression-varying device
    Publication number: 20020019193
    Abstract: An expression-varying device is disclosed. The device includes a supporting member that supports two eyeball bodies so that the eyeball bodies are free to pivot. The device also includes a connecting member that connects the two eyeball bodies, and that supports the eyeball bodies so that the eyeball bodies can pivot in synchronization in a side to side or left to right direction. The device includes a swinging mechanism that causes the connecting member to swing upward and downward and to the left and right. The swinging mechanism includes a disk in which a recessed groove is formed in a side surface of the disk and runs in a circumferential direction. The depth of the groove and distance of the groove from the center of the disk vary according to relative positions on the disk. The swinging mechanism includes a motor that causes the disk to rotate. An engaging shaft which engages with the recessed groove of the disk is formed on and protrudes from and to the side of the arm member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Albert P. Maggiore, Toshinobu Ishii, Kazutsugi Kanagawa, Hideyasu Karasawa
  • Game device using a moving light and reflective paddle
    Patent number: 6254485
    Abstract: To provide a game device utilizing light, which can carry out various operations by game players and utilizes lights and can play a game while keeping interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Tiger Electronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutsugi Kanagawa, Hideyasu Karasawa, Norihito Yamanaka