Patents by Inventor Michitoshi Sugimoto

Michitoshi Sugimoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20240050867
    Abstract: A transformable toy kit for use on a support surface is provided. The transformable toy kit includes a transformable toy which has a movable housing element that moves between retracted and expanded positions when a catch and a latch of the transformable toy are secured and released by an actuator of the transformable toy, respectively. The transformable toy further includes a shaft assembly including a shaft rotatably mounted within the housing, and a flywheel mounted to the shaft, which includes a gear. The kit includes a ripcord member that is insertable into an access aperture in the housing to engage with the gear. The ripcord member is pullable once inserted into the access aperture so as to drive rotation of the flywheel, thereby driving spinning of the transformable toy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Lee, Evan Miller, Jaedon Tseng, Fujio Nobata, Michitoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11712636
    Abstract: A transformable toy for use on a playing surface is provided. The transformable toy is formed to includes at least one movable housing element that will move from and expanded to a retracted position when a catch and a latch of the transformable toy are secured and released by an actuator of the transformable toy. The transformable toy is formed to roll about at least one rotation axis thereof, and in some embodiments, is also formed to be driven to spin about a spinning axis thereof. In some embodiments the transformable toy includes separably connectable top and bottom housing portions, and in some embodiments, different bottom housing portions can be exchanged on a particular top housing portion to provide different functionality to the transformable toy. The transformable toy can be driven to spin about the spinning axis by a shaft and flywheel mounted within the transformable toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SPIN MASTER LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Lee, Evan Miller, Jaedon Tseng, Fujio Nobata, Michitoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8784153
    Abstract: A transformable toy (100) which is instantaneously changeable from a flat plate-like shape to the shape of a character figure and which is used to play a game by rotating a roulette wheel (189) to compete for the score of attack or defense. A transformable toy comprises character-figure constituting members (111, 122, 131, 141) foldable to a state of a generally flat plate and rotatably connected to each other, elastic members each provided between each of the character-figure constituting members, a roulette wheel (108) attached to any of the character-figure constituting members, a rotation imparting mechanism for imparting rotation to the roulette wheel, and an engaging means (157) for maintaining and releasing the folded state of the character-figure constituting members. When the character-figure constituting members are folded against the elastic forces of the elastic members to operate an engaging member, the character-figure constituting members are rotated and caused to protrude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sega Toys Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Michitoshi Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Arai, Wataru Sato, Fujio Nobata
  • Publication number: 20110269366
    Abstract: A transformable toy (100) which is instantaneously changeable from a flat plate-like shape to the shape of a character figure and which is used to play a game by rotating a roulette wheel (189) to compete for the score of attack or defense. A transformable toy comprises character-figure constituting members (111, 122, 131, 141) foldable to a state of a generally flat plate and rotatably connected to each other, elastic members each provided between each of the character-figure constituting members, a roulette wheel (108) attached to any of the character-figure constituting members, a rotation imparting mechanism for imparting rotation to the roulette wheel, and an engaging means (157) for maintaining and releasing the folded state of the character-figure constituting members. When the character-figure constituting members are folded against the elastic forces of the elastic members to operate an engaging member, the character-figure constituting members are rotated and caused to protrude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEGA TOYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michitoshi Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Arai, Wataru Sato, Fujio Nobata
  • Publication number: 20050029342
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an information distribution server which can distribute individual information for distribution, according to the position of a person who is visiting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Michitoshi Sugimoto, Masami Yubasaki, Masatoshi Ogura, Hitoshi Watanabe, Mayuko Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20040250132
    Abstract: The present invention takes as its objective to provide a system for guiding persons who visit a facility, which can simply produce detailed guide information which each enterprise possesses, and which can provide it to a person who visits in a timely manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Michitoshi Sugimoto, Masami Yabusaki, Masatoshi Ogura