Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi Mizuno

Shigetoshi Mizuno 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: 5951009
    Abstract: An object is to provide a game apparatus in which it is possible to increase an operator's interest through a relatively compact arrangement. It has a transparent falling face 10 on which many pins 10a are provided and a medal M falls, a reciprocating target which is provided at a bottom portion of the falling face and performs a reciprocation movement, a transparent thin water tank 13 provided in front of the falling face, a large-size display 7 provided at the rear of the falling face, and a medal supply mechanism 30 which comprises a hopper 31 which pushes up a medal, a rising guiding path 32, first, second guiding path 33, 34, which guide the carrying of medals and medal supply gears 35, 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kojiro Miyamoto, Yutaka Yokoyama, Shigetoshi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 5931465
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a game device for playing a game in which a moving body is levitated above a play field board by air emitted from a number of holes formed in the play field board. A moving body feeding device automatically feeds the moving body onto the play field board. After use, the moving body is recovered, lifted above the play field board, and dropped into guides which guide the moving body onto the play field board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Miyake, Shinji Watanabe, Tomohiro Matsunaga, Hiroyasu Suzuki, Masahito Yanase, Shigetoshi Mizuno