Patents by Inventor Udo Steininger

Udo Steininger 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: 4848744
    Abstract: An automatic video game apparatus, where a control panel, at least one speaker and at least one video tube are located in a housing, together with an electronic and an electric circuit layout and optionally an automatic coin slot device. The video tube of the automatic video apparatus is supported pivotingly in its image plane by an actuable motor and may be pivoted with the aid of the motor corresponding to the variable position of a program selection switch and the program (game) selection effected by it, into the position determined by this program. The video tube is equipped with an annular, rotatable frame supported on rolls, which is pivoted by a pressure roll acting on the outer edge of the frame of the actuable drive motor. All of the video control functions of a program (game) recorded on a program disk and selected by a program selection switch and the energizing effected by it of an associated group of switches, may be communicated to the image tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Inventors: Eduard Steininger, Udo Steininger