Patents by Inventor Taisuke Sazaki

Taisuke Sazaki 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: 8888098
    Abstract: A ball lottery apparatus includes a roulette section having a roulette wheel and a retention plate that are superposed and rotatable as a unit, a slide motor unit for changing the relative position of the retention plate with respect to the roulette wheel, and a host controller for selecting either of a ball-hold mode or a ball-through mode for the roulette section. In the ball-hold mode, the host controller controls the slide motor unit so that the roulette section retains the balls. In the ball-through mode, the host controller controls the slide motor unit so that the balls fall down from the roulette section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Shoki Kogure, Taisuke Sazaki
  • Publication number: 20130127112
    Abstract: A ball lottery apparatus includes a roulette section having a roulette wheel and a retention plate that are superposed and rotatable as a unit, a slide motor unit for changing the relative position of the retention plate with respect to the roulette wheel, and a host controller for selecting either of a ball-hold mode or a ball-through mode for the roulette section. In the ball-hold mode, the host controller controls the slide motor unit so that the roulette section retains the balls. In the ball-through mode, the host controller controls the slide motor unit so that the balls fall down from the roulette section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoki Kogure, Taisuke Sazaki