Patents by Inventor Shigeharu Goto

Shigeharu Goto 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: 9216345
    Abstract: A prize placement section includes a first plate-like member having a side on which a prize is placed, and a frame member that supports the first plate-like member, the frame member including a frame-side attachment section that is adapted to removably attach the frame member to an apparatus-side attachment section provided in a game space, and the frame-side attachment section being positioned so that the frame member can be attached to the apparatus-side attachment section from above when the first plate-like member is not supported by the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Shiino, Makiko Sakurai, Shigeharu Goto, Akihiro Ohi
  • Publication number: 20120025469
    Abstract: A prize placement section includes a first plate-like member having a side on which a prize is placed, and a frame member that supports the first plate-like member, the frame member including a frame-side attachment section that is adapted to removably attach the frame member to an apparatus-side attachment section provided in a game space, and the frame-side attachment section being positioned so that the frame member can be attached to the apparatus-side attachment section from above when the first plate-like member is not supported by the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Shiino, Makiko Sakurai, Shigeharu Goto, Akihiro Ohi
  • Patent number: 7703772
    Abstract: A pusher-type prize dispensing device in which each of two support plates on which a bonus prize is placed is pivotally supported on one end on an axis of which the axial direction coincides with the horizontal and depth direction, and is locked almost horizontally by allowing the other end to be suspended on a locking member. A suspended string is tied to a bent upper portion, and the other end of the support plate is suspended on the top surface of a lower portion, whereby the locking member locks the support plate. When a weight member falls from a stationary table, the locking member moves rotationally due to the fall of the weight member so that the upper portion moves downward, whereby the support plate falls downward, causing the prize P placed on the top surface of the support plate to fall toward a prize receiving port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Hironobu Morikawa, Shigeharu Goto
  • Publication number: 20070200289
    Abstract: A pusher-type prize dispensing device in which each of two support plates on which a bonus prize is placed is pivotally supported on one end on an axis of which the axial direction coincides with the horizontal and depth direction, and is locked almost horizontally by allowing the other end to be suspended on a locking member. A suspended string is tied to a bent upper portion, and the other end of the support plate is suspended on the top surface of a lower portion, whereby the locking member locks the support plate. When a weight member falls from a stationary table, the locking member moves rotationally due to the fall of the weight member so that the upper portion moves downward, whereby the support plate falls downward, causing the prize P placed on the top surface of the support plate to fall toward a prize receiving port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Hironobu Morikawa, Shigeharu Goto