Patents by Inventor Tomohisa Ueno

Tomohisa Ueno 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: 20080085657
    Abstract: A mist ejecting-toy includes: a liquid-retaining member fixed to a toy body; a jet cylinder provided in the toy body; an ultrasound generating element having a vibrating plate fixed to a piezoelectric vibrator; and a controller to drive and control the ultrasound generating element, wherein a vibrating section of the vibrating plate is abutted against the liquid retaining member, the controller vibrates the vibrating section to generate mist particles, the mist particles are ejected from the jet cylinder, and the vibrating plate is placed at a position where a liquid drop produced by adhesion of the mist particles to the jet cylinder does not fall onto the vibrating section, so that the mist particles can be generated and ejected effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Kimitaka Watanabe, Hitoshi Itakura, Hiroshi Shinohara, Yosuke Yoneda, Tomohisa Ueno
  • Publication number: 20060030236
    Abstract: A jack-in-a-box includes: a case provided with a plurality of insertion holes in an outer wall portion thereof; a jump-out member placed in a fixed position of the case; a plurality of insertion members to be inserted into each of the plurality of insertion holes; a jump-out-force applying device to apply spring force to the jump-out member in a jumping-out direction; a locking device capable of locking the jump-out member while resisting the spring force of the jump-out-force applying device and keeping the jump-out member in the fixed position of the case; a releasing device to release lock of the locking device; a detection device to detect insertion of the plurality of insertion members; an action generating device to perform a predetermined action; and a control device to set the number of insertion required until the jump-out member jumps out, cause the action generating device to perform the predetermined action when the number of insertion of the insertion members detected by the detection device has
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Tomohisa Ueno, Kenji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20010024924
    Abstract: A figure toy generating a sound and an underwater sound when being sunk in water. The figure toy which can float on a water, comprises: a toy body (1) composed so that a water can flow into an interior thereof when the toy body is sunk in a water; a water sensor (22) provided at the interior of the toy body, for detecting an entrance of a water to a predetermined position at the interior of the toy body; and a sound generation member (18) for generating a sound according as the water sensor detects the entrance of the water or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Tomohisa Ueno, Michito Oda, Yumiko Namiki