Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Akama

Tetsuya Akama 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: 20200019258
    Abstract: An example touch pen attachment is attachable to a game controller including a controller-side slide portion. The touch pen attachment includes a housing, an attachment-side slide portion, a stopper portion, and a touch pen portion. The attachment-side slide portion is configured to slidably engage with the controller-side slide portion in a slide direction, wherein the attachment-side slide portion has a first side and a second side with respect to the slide direction, and the controller-side slide portion is insertable into the attachment-side slide portion from the first side. The stopper portion stops a slide movement, in an insertion direction, of the controller-side slide portion. The touch pen portion is on at least one of an end portion of the housing on the first side in the slide direction and another end portion thereof on the second side in the slide direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuya AKAMA, Junichiro MIYATAKE
  • Patent number: 10258879
    Abstract: An example supporting device supports two game controllers. The supporting device includes a support section and a main section connected to the support section. The support section includes a first slide member and a second slide member. The first slide member is provided in an area of the support section toward a first side in a predetermined direction, and the second slide member is provided in an area toward a second side. The slide members are capable of slidably engaging with rail members of the respective game controllers in a predetermined slide direction. The first slide member includes a first terminal provided on a first opposing surface. The second slide member includes a second terminal provided on a second opposing surface. The main section includes a first grip portion for being gripped by a user, and a second grip portion for being gripped by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwao, Masaya Takei, Kumpei Fujita, Hiroki Ikuta, Shinji Hirose, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20180311576
    Abstract: An example supporting device supports two game controllers. The supporting device includes a support section and a main section connected to the support section. The support section includes a first slide member and a second slide member. The first slide member is provided in an area of the support section toward a first side in a predetermined direction, and the second slide member is provided in an area toward a second side. The slide members are capable of slidably engaging with rail members of the respective game controllers in a predetermined slide direction. The first slide member includes a first terminal provided on a first opposing surface. The second slide member includes a second terminal provided on a second opposing surface. The main section includes a first grip portion for being gripped by a user, and a second grip portion for being gripped by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiaki IWAO, Masaya TAKEI, Kumpei FUJITA, Hiroki IKUTA, Shinji HIROSE, Tetsuya AKAMA, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9776082
    Abstract: An example supporting device supports two game controllers. The supporting device includes a support section and a main section connected to the support section. The support section includes a first slide member and a second slide member. The first slide member is provided in an area of the support section toward a first side in a predetermined direction, and the second slide member is provided in an area toward a second side. The slide members are capable of slidably engaging with rail members of the respective game controllers in a predetermined slide direction. The first slide member includes a first terminal provided on a first opposing surface. The second slide member includes a second terminal provided on a second opposing surface. The main section includes a first grip portion for being gripped by a user, and a second grip portion for being gripped by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwao, Masaya Takei, Kumpei Fujita, Hiroki Ikuta, Shinji Hirose, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170144062
    Abstract: An example supporting device supports two game controllers. The supporting device includes a support section and a main section connected to the support section. The support section includes a first slide member and a second slide member. The first slide member is provided in an area of the support section toward a first side in a predetermined direction, and the second slide member is provided in an area toward a second side. The slide members are capable of slidably engaging with rail members of the respective game controllers in a predetermined slide direction. The first slide member includes a first terminal provided on a first opposing surface. The second slide member includes a second terminal provided on a second opposing surface. The main section includes a first grip portion for being gripped by a user, and a second grip portion for being gripped by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiaki IWAO, Masaya TAKEI, Kumpei FUJITA, Hiroki IKUTA, Shinji HIROSE, Tetsuya AKAMA, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160361640
    Abstract: An example supporting device supports two game controllers. The supporting device includes a support section and a main section connected to the support section. The support section includes a first slide member and a second slide member. The first slide member is provided in an area of the support section toward a first side in a predetermined direction, and the second slide member is provided in an area toward a second side. The slide members are capable of slidably engaging with rail members of the respective game controllers in a predetermined slide direction. The first slide member includes a first terminal provided on a first opposing surface. The second slide member includes a second terminal provided on a second opposing surface. The main section includes a first grip portion for being gripped by a user, and a second grip portion for being gripped by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiaki IWAO, Masaya TAKEI, Kumpei FUJITA, Hiroki IKUTA, Shinji HIROSE, Tetsuya AKAMA, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20150355768
    Abstract: A non-limiting example information processing apparatus comprises a housing, and a first portion of the housing is formed in an elliptical form when viewing from the front. A display panel and a touch panel constitute one main surface of the first portion. Holes are formed in left and right end portions of the display panel and the touch panel, and two operation sticks are provided through the two holes. When viewing the first portion from the front, an area except key tops of the operation sticks becomes a display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Masato KUWAHARA, Tetsuya AKAMA, Kochi KAWAI, Kazuhiko KORIYAMA, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: D795963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuriko Sakai, Tetsuya Akama, Hideaki Kamata
  • Patent number: D815696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D819641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Fumiyoshi Suetake, Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama
  • Patent number: D819642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D819696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D822996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D826850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D826949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D837299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D863447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Fumiyoshi Suetake, Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama
  • Patent number: D863448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D875178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: D875837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Tetsuya Akama, Hitoshi Tsuchiya