Patents by Inventor Noboru Wakitani
Noboru Wakitani 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).
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Patent number: 7479064Abstract: An operating apparatus for game machine includes a depressing member, and a main body of the depressing member is provided with three engaging protrusions and two depressing protrusions that downwardly protrude. For example, the two depressing protrusions are provided between the three engaging protrusions. In response to a beating operation by a player, the right side of the depressing member is depressed, and then, an engaging portion of the engaging protrusion at the left side is engaged with a rear surface of an upper surface panel. Accordingly, the depressing member is sure to be depressed at the right side without being upwardly actuated, and a rubber switch depressed by the depressing protrusion is brought into contact with a board. At this time, a contact provided on the board and a contact provided on the rubber switch are brought into contact with each other, and an operation signal according to the beating operation is output to the game machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Namco LimitedInventors: Noboru Wakitani, Junji Takamoto, Takeshi Nagareda, Kuniaki Ito, Hideo Nagata, Hiroshi Igarashi, Akio Onda
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Patent number: 7436664Abstract: In an electronic appliance, a base is thermally fused by a heat generating component. On the base, a heat dissipating fin group including heat dissipating fins each extending in a Y direction is arranged in spaced relation in an X direction. An exhaust fan and a partition between which the heat dissipating fin group is sandwiched in the Y direction are arranged so as to be faced with each other. The edge portion group of the heat dissipating fin group on the side of the partition is farthest from the wall surface at least one outermost position in the X direction and closest from the wall surface at a specific position different from the one outermost position, and is farther from the wall surface between the specific position and the one outermost position as the one outermost position is approached.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Hori, Junji Takamoto, Noboru Wakitani, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Publication number: 20080242412Abstract: An operating apparatus for game machine includes a depressing member, and a main body of the depressing member is provided with three engaging protrusions and two depressing protrusions that downwardly protrude. For example, the two depressing protrusions are provided between the three engaging protrusions. In response to a beating operation by a player, the right side of the depressing member is depressed, and then, an engaging portion of the engaging protrusion at the left side is engaged with a rear surface of an upper surface panel. Accordingly, the depressing member is sure to be depressed at the right side without being upwardly actuated, and a rubber switch depressed by the depressing protrusion is brought into contact with a board. At this time, a contact provided on the board and a contact provided on the rubber switch are brought into contact with each other, and an operation signal according to the beating operation is output to the game machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., NAMCO LIMITEDInventors: Noboru Wakitani, Junji Takamoto, Takeshi Nagareda, Kuniaki Ito, Hideo Nagata, Hiroshi Igarashi, Akio Onda
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Publication number: 20080106866Abstract: In an electronic appliance, a base is thermally fused by a heat generating component. On the base, a heat dissipating fin group including heat dissipating fins each extending in a Y direction is arranged in spaced relation in an X direction. An exhaust fan and a partition between which the heat dissipating fin group is sandwiched in the Y direction are arranged so as to be faced with each other. The edge portion group of the heat dissipating fin group on the side of the partition is farthest from the wall surface at least one outermost position in the X direction and closest from the wall surface at a specific position different from the one outermost position, and is farther from the wall surface between the specific position and the one outermost position as the one outermost position is approached.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTDInventors: Yuji Hori, Junji Takamoto, Noboru Wakitani, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Publication number: 20080101090Abstract: A panel light-emitting structure includes a front panel, a light guide plate, a light-emitting portion, a guide, etc. The light guide plate is formed in a transversely elongated shape having a long side and a short side, and includes an elongated hole extending in a direction of the long side. This forms two light transmission areas. A notch is provided outside the elongated hole at the short side section. This enables an incident light from an LED to the light transmission areas. An outer surface of the light guide plate is formed by an R curved surface. Accordingly, almost all of the light from the LED is totally reflected by the outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noboru Wakitani, Junji Takamoto, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Origin restoration mechanism for operating member and multi-direction input apparatus using the same
Publication number: 20070042303Abstract: An origin restoration mechanism 500 includes a base unit 510 arranged in X-Y directions to cross the axis of an operating member body 210 of an operating member 200, a link mechanism 520 arranged on the upper surface of the base unit 510 and a pair of urging means 530 for urging a rotary unit 521 of the link mechanism 520, wherein the link mechanism 520 includes the rotary unit 521 arranged around the axis of the operating member body 210 and four movable members 522 arranged equidistantly around the axis of the operating member body 210 inside the rotary unit 520 on the surface of the base unit 510 and having rear ends coupled rotatably to the rotary unit 520. By the urging forces of the urging means 530 applied through the rotary unit 520, the portions inside of the distal end of the four movable members 522 come into contact with different portions, respectively, of the outer surface of the operating member body 210 located at the original position C thereby to hold the operating member body 210.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hosiden CorporationInventors: Noboru Wakitani, Junji Takamoto, Daisuke Kumazaki, Katsunori Kondo -
Patent number: 7118394Abstract: A card connector which prevents a card from popping out when the card is discharged and is not easily broken. The card connector includes a base having a slot into which a card can be inserted, a slider which is provided at a position in the base to be abuttable on the card and which can be caused to slide, a spring forcing the slider in the discharging direction of the card, and a lock spring including a plate spring having a tip end engageable with an engagement recess of the card and a base end mounted on the slider. The tip end can be displaced in a direction away from the card, and base is provided with a first rib which abuts on the tip end of the lock spring to prevent the tip end from being displaced when the slider is positioned at the card pop-out preventing position.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hosiden CorporationInventors: Kazuo Yoneyama, Tomoyuki Sakiyama, Noboru Wakitani, Tsushima Takada, Hirokazu Mori
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Publication number: 20050272290Abstract: The invention provides a card connector which prevents a card from popping out when the card is discharged and is not easily broken. The card connector comprises a base 100 having a slot 110 into which a card M can be inserted, a slider 200 which is provided at a position in the base 100 to be abuttable on the card and which can be slid, a spring 300 forcing the slider 200 in the discharging direction of the card M, and a lock spring 400 comprising a plate spring having a tip end 410 engageable with an engagement recess 10 of the card M and a base end 420 mounted on the slider 200, and the tip end 410 can be displaced in a direction away from the card M, and base 100 is provided with a first rib 130 which abuts on the tip end 410 of the lock spring 400 to prevent the tip end 410 from being displaced when the slider 200 is positioned at the card pop-out preventing position ?.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2004Publication date: December 8, 2005Applicants: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HOSIDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo Yoneyama, Tomoyuki Sakiyama, Noboru Wakitani, Tsushima Takada, Hirokazu Mori
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Publication number: 20050056997Abstract: An operating apparatus for game machine includes a depressing member, and a main body of the depressing member is provided with three engaging protrusions and two depressing protrusions that downwardly protrude. For example, the two depressing protrusions are provided between the three engaging protrusions. In response to a beating operation by a player, the right side of the depressing member is depressed, and then, an engaging portion of the engaging protrusion at the left side is engaged with a rear surface of an upper surface panel. Accordingly, the depressing member is sure to be depressed at the right side without being upwardly actuated, and a rubber switch depressed by the depressing protrusion is brought into contact with a board. At this time, a contact provided on the board and a contact provided on the rubber switch are brought into contact with each other, and an operation signal according to the beating operation is output to the game machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2004Publication date: March 17, 2005Inventors: Noboru Wakitani, Junji Takamoto, Takeshi Nagareda, Kuniaki Ito, Hideo Nagata, Hiroshi Igarashi, Akio Onda
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Patent number: 6626289Abstract: A recording medium accommodating case includes a main body, a lid and a joint portion. The main body is formed with a disk storage area and a cartridge storage area. On the lid, a booklet storage area is formed. The disk storage area includes a protrusion engaged in a center hole of a disk, a supporting portion which is brought into contact with a rear surface of the disk to support the disk, and a disk fall preventive portion which is formed in an outwardly projecting manner from an upper side surface of the protrusion and engaged in the center hole of the disk. The cartridge storage area includes a cartridge holding portion which comes into contact with a side surface of a cartridge to hold the cartridge, and a cartridge fall preventive portion which is formed in an inwardly projecting manner toward an inner surface of the cartridge holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Nagata, Noboru Wakitani, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Patent number: D503862Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Nagata, Noboru Wakitani, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Patent number: D505424Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2004Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Ashida, Noboru Wakitani, Junji Takamoto, Kazuhiro Maruyama, Nobutaka Nakajima, Hiroshi Igarashi
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Patent number: D520291Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Nagata, Noboru Wakitani, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Patent number: D520453Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hosiden CorporationInventors: Kazuo Yoneyama, Tomoyuki Sakiyama, Noboru Wakitani, Tsushima Takada, Hirokazu Mori
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Patent number: D536382Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki, Noboru Wakitani
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Patent number: D477143Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Nagata, Noboru Wakitani, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Patent number: D481397Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Ashida, Noboru Wakitani, Kazuhiro Maruyama
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Patent number: D482225Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peter Farrar, Anthony Fraser, Robert Johnston, Noboru Wakitani, Hideo Nagata, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Patent number: D573365Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peter Farrar, Anthony Fraser, Robert Johnston, Noboru Wakitani, Hideo Nagata, Yasuhisa Kitano
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Patent number: D582486Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Ashida, Junji Takamoto, Noboru Wakitani, Masato Ibuki, Shinji Yamamoto, Fumiyoshi Suetake, Akiko Suga