Patents by Inventor Tomohito Nagai

Tomohito Nagai 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: 20200330891
    Abstract: A form changing toy includes a moving part, a rotating part, a first stopper, a motor, and a holding mechanism. The rotating part is configured to move the moving part in first and second directions. An operation direction of the moving part is changed between the first and second directions at an inflection point of the rotating part. The rotation of the rotating part is configured to stop rotating in a first rotation direction when the rotating part rotating contacts the first stopper. The holding mechanism is configured to hold the moving part in a first state at a location between an inflection point and the first stopper, and to release the holding when the rotating part starts rotating in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction after the stopping at the first stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei TADA, Tomohito NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190009158
    Abstract: A ball hitting device that includes a ball; a device body with (i) a drive device that causes the device body to at least move forward and turn, (ii) a hitting device with at least one hitting section that contacts the ball to hit it forward, and (iii) ball holding pieces that are provided on respective left and right sides of the hitting section and extend in front of the device body; and an external controller which operates the drive device and the hitting device remotely. The ball hitting device is configured so that the ball is freely movable between the left and right ball holding pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akimitsu KAWASAKI, Tomohito NAGAI
  • Patent number: 9669322
    Abstract: A toy top equipped with a motor having a battery as a power source, wherein a main body is furnished with: a first wheel and a second wheel provided a specified distance from each other in a wheel axis direction; and a motive power transmission mechanism, for transmitting motive power from the motor and for rotating the first wheel in a first direction while rotating the second wheel in a second different direction The toy top is stable with respect to external forces and with which a range of top games can be broadened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohito Nagai
  • Publication number: 20160151716
    Abstract: A toy top equipped with a motor having a battery as a power source, wherein a main body is furnished with: a first wheel and a second wheel provided a specified distance from each other in a wheel axis direction; and a motive power transmission mechanism, which is for transmitting motive power from the motor and for rotating the first wheel in a first direction while rotating the second wheel in a second different direction The toy top, is stable with respect to external forces and with which a range of top games can be broadened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohito NAGAI
  • Toy
    Patent number: 9242183
    Abstract: When one motor rotates a rotating disk, the rotating disk rotates a first moving body, and the rotating disk moves a second moving body from an initial position against a bias force of a bias unit, a protrusion of the rotating disk engages with allowance with a recess portion of the first moving body so that the rotating disk does not rotate reversely when the second moving body returns to the initial position. With this device, it is possible to move only either one of two moving bodies operated by one motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: TOMY COMPANY, LTD., GANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nagai, Yasuhiro Yamasaki
  • TOY
    Publication number: 20150209683
    Abstract: When one motor rotates a rotating disk, the rotating disk rotates a first moving body, and the rotating disk moves a second moving body from an initial position against a bias force of a bias unit, a protrusion of the rotating disk engages with allowance with a recess portion of the first moving body so that the rotating disk does not rotate reversely when the second moving body returns to the initial position. With this device, it is possible to move only either one of two moving bodies operated by one motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicants: GANG CO., LTD., TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito NAGAI, Yasuhiro Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8747179
    Abstract: A robot toy includes a body and a controller. The body includes right and left arms, legs, arm-actuating mechanisms, thrust mechanisms, and a driving unit. The arms can be extended forward and back, and are pulled back by a predetermined biasing force in a normal condition. The arm-actuating mechanisms are provided at the respective arms and allow the corresponding arms to be extended and pulled back. The thrust mechanisms are provided at the respective legs and allow the corresponding legs to move forward. The driving unit drives one of a pair of the left arm-actuating mechanism and the left thrust mechanism and a pair of the right arm-actuating mechanism and the right thrust mechanism. The driving unit simultaneously drives the arm-actuating mechanism and the thrust mechanism in the same pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nagai, Ryoichi Sato, Teruo Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20130252509
    Abstract: A robot toy includes a body and a controller. The body includes right and left arms, legs, arm-actuating mechanisms, thrust mechanisms, and a driving unit. The arms can be extended forward and back, and are pulled back by a predetermined biasing force in a normal condition. The arm-actuating mechanisms provided at the respective arms allow the corresponding arms to be extended in front of the body against the biasing force. The thrust mechanisms provided at the respective legs allow the corresponding legs to move forward. The driving unit drives one of a pair of the left arm-actuating mechanism and the left thrust mechanism and a pair of the right arm-actuating mechanism and the right thrust mechanism. The driving unit simultaneously drives the arm-actuating mechanism and the thrust mechanism in the same pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nagai, Ryoichi Sato, Teruo Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8506346
    Abstract: An automobile toy, including, a front wheel chassis for supporting a front wheel axle, and a rear wheel chassis for supporting a rear wheel axle, the rear wheel chassis including, two arms extending forward, an end portion of each of the two arms being coupled to the front wheel chassis with the two arms separated from each other in a vehicle width direction of the automobile toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Tomohito Nagai
  • Publication number: 20130203317
    Abstract: A robot toy includes a body and a controller. The body includes right and left arms, legs, arm-actuating mechanisms, thrust mechanisms, and a driving unit. The arms can be extended forward and back, and are pulled back by a predetermined biasing force in a normal condition. The arm-actuating mechanisms provided at the respective arms allow the corresponding arms to be extended in front of the body against the biasing force. The thrust mechanisms provided at the respective legs allow the corresponding legs to move forward. The driving unit drives one of a pair of the left arm-actuating mechanism and the left thrust mechanism and a pair of the right arm-actuating mechanism and the right thrust mechanism. The driving unit simultaneously drives the arm-actuating mechanism and the thrust mechanism in the same pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohito Nagai, Ryoichi Sato, Teruo Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20120012664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a jump ramp for a toy car including a slope which slants obliquely upward, and the toy car which is running is made to fly upward along the slope and a tilting portion which is tiltable toward a back side of the slope is provided at a tip portion of the slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Tomohito Nagai
  • Publication number: 20110177755
    Abstract: An automobile toy, including, a wing member; and a stay member attaching the wing member to the automobile body with the stay member put between the wing member and the automobile body, wherein the stay member includes a bent portion bent into a front and rear direction of the automobile body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAYAMA, Tomohito Nagai
  • Publication number: 20110177754
    Abstract: An automobile toy, including, a front wheel chassis for supporting a front wheel axle, and a rear wheel chassis for supporting a rear wheel axle, the rear wheel chassis including, two arms extending forward, an end portion of each of the two arms being coupled to the front wheel chassis with the two arms separated from each other in a vehicle width direction of the automobile toy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAYAMA, Tomohito Nagai
  • Publication number: 20110176861
    Abstract: A joint structure for a toy, including, a male body including, two hemispherical sliding surfaces formed mutually concentrically and having a same central axis, and a female body, coupled to the male body with the male body and the female body rockable with each other, the female body including, a first female body having a hemispherical first surface to be slid complementary to one of the two sliding surfaces, and a second female body having a hemispherical second surface to be slid complementary to the other of the two sliding surfaces, wherein the first female body and the second female body nip the male body, with the one sliding surface and the first surface to be slid, slidable on each other, and with the other sliding surface and the second surface to be slid, slidable on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAYAMA, Tomohito Nagai
  • Publication number: 20090253346
    Abstract: A toy cup, and a toy dispenser for simulating the dispensing of a beverage therein, which are realistic because a liquid in the toy cup gradually goes out of sight when the toy cup is tilted, and returns when the toy cup is set on the toy dispenser and an operating member is operated, as if a drink were poured from a dispenser into a cup. The toy cup includes a hermetically closed container and a division plate dividing an interior of the container into upper and lower chambers. The division plate has a plurality of small holes at its periphery at predetermined intervals for communicating the chambers and permitting a liquid to flow, and an upwardly protruding vent tube provided at the center thereof to communicate the chambers with each other. Opening/closing of the vent tube is controlled by a control valve. The toy dispenser includes a placement base, on which the toy cup is placed, and a control device provided above the placement base for controlling opening/closing of the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoko Ehama, Tomohito Nagai, Yoichiro Konno