Patents by Inventor Michael Rudolph Luft

Michael Rudolph Luft 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).

  • Gaming machine with feedback mechanism
    Patent number: 9795876
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a housing, in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a change of position and/or shape depending on the course of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Gaming machine
    Patent number: 9728035
    Abstract: A gaming machine including housing in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a vibration and/or a change of the actuating resistance depending on the course of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Conveyor device for coins
    Patent number: 9090410
    Abstract: A conveyor device for coins, having a mechanism for moving at least one coin in a predetermined movement direction which differs from the effective direction of gravity, under a force uninfluenced by a moved mechanical component, the conveyor device being coupled to a detection device which identifies the presence of the coin, in order to accelerate the coins in the predetermined movement direction in accordance with requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150206385
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a housing, in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a change of position and/or shape depending on the course of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150187167
    Abstract: A gaming machine including housing in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a vibration and/or a change of the actuating resistance depending on the course of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • CONVEYOR DEVICE FOR COINS
    Publication number: 20140326579
    Abstract: A conveyor device for coins, having a mechanism for moving at least one coin in a predetermined movement direction which differs from the effective direction of gravity, under a force uninfluenced by a moved mechanical component, the conveyor device being coupled to a detection device which identifies the presence of the coin, in order to accelerate the coins in the predetermined movement direction in accordance with requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft