Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Nintendo of America Inc.

Kyushu Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

Ichiro Shirai

Kenichi Sugino

Gunpei Yokoi

Noboru Wakitani

Hitoshi Yamagami

Kazuhiko Sakuragi

Masuru Okada

Koichi Kubo

Eiichi Hiroshige

Game machine

The induction charging apparatus has a power source unit and a device unit which can be detachably coupled to the power source unit. The power source unit has a first casing having one end opened, a primary coil provided in the first casing, an oscillator for supplying an alternating current to the primary coil to generate magnetic fluxes, and a depressible member movably provided and closing the open end of the first casing. The depressible member is movable between a lift position at which the magnetic fluxes are substantially located under the depressible member, and a depressed position at which portions of the magnetic fluxes are substantially located over the depressible member. The device unit has a second casing having one end detachable to the open end of the first casing, a secondary coil provided in the second casing and adjacent to the one end, and rechargeable battery provided in said second casing for receiving power from the secondary coil. When the second casing is attached to the first casing, the depressible member is moved to the depressed position to electromagnetically couple the primary and secondary coils.

Induction charging apparatus

Portable rechargeable power supply for portable video games or similar

Shooting scope used in shooting game system

Engaging claws (15) and (16) are provided in the upper right front part in the longitudinal direction of a barrel (8), and engaging claws (18) and (19) are provided in the upper left part thereof. A gunsight (10) is held in the barrel (8) by the engaging claws (15) and (16) or by the engaging claws (18) and (19). Consequently, the position where the gunsight (10) is mounted can be changed to a position where a player can easily use the gunsight (10). In addition, each of the engaging claws releases its engaged state by its elastic force to detach the gunsight (10) from the barrel (8) when a strong shock is given to the gunsight (10). Consequently, it is possible to prevent the gunsight (10) from being damaged or prevent the player from being injured.

Gun type toy

A portable power supply has a body case, an attaching portion, an input portion, a voltage lowering portion, a storage battery, an output portion and heat radiating means. The body case has two opposing major surfaces and two sections divided by a prescribed reference line. The attaching portion is provided on one of the major surfaces for detachably attaching the power supply to a human body. The input portion and the output portion are positioned in one of the sections to be exposed from the body case. The input portion is connected to a commercial power source, and the output portion is connected to a prescribed electronic device. The voltage lowering portion lowers power from the input portion. The storage battery is charged by the output from the voltage lowering portion. The heating radiating means is provided on the other one of the major surfaces of the body case and makes the heat radiation of the other one of the major surfaces higher than that of the one of the major surfaces. Center of gravity of the portable power supply is positioned in the other one of the two sections.

Portable power supply

A four-directional switch which can be turned on and off in four directions, which comprises a base plate having a plurality of electrodes formed thereon, a key top having an indication showing predetermined four pressing directions in an identifiable manner, a support member constituting a fulcrum between the base plate and the key top, a plurality of conductive rubbers disposed opposing to the plurality of electrodes so as to be in electrical contact with corresponding ones of the electrodes, and a sustaining member having the plurality of conductive rubbers fixed thereto and having elastic force for sustaining the conductive rubbers so as not to be in contact with the electrodes when the key top is not pressed.

Multi-directional switch

A liquid crystal display unit (20) includes a main housing (21), a mirror housing (22) and a sub housing (23) which are successively connected with each other in a rotatable manner. The main housing (21) is provided on both sides with a pair of rearwardly extending arms (24 and 25), so that engaging projections (27) of the sub housing (23) are slidably engaged with sliding guide grooves (28) of the arms (24 and 25). Thus, the display unit (20) can be selectively brought into a folded condition in which the mirror housing (22) and the sub housing (23) are superposed along the arms (24 and 25) with the engaging projections (27) slid frontwardly and an opened condition in which the mirror housing (22) is downwardly inclined and the sub housing (23) is opened from the mirror housing (22). The sub housing (23) is provided with a liquid crystal display panel (38) adapted for transmission of light. In the opened condition, the light (D) transmitted from above through the liquid crystal display panel (38) is reflected forward by a mirror (31) provided on the mirror housing (22) for observation by a user holding the unit (20) with the upper surface of the panel upward and the surface of the mirror (21) forward.

Foldable liquid crystal display unit

Growing community of inventors

Kyoto, Japan

Ichiro Shirai