US Patent Issued to OMRON on June 17 for "Illumination device and gaming machine equipped with same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,892, issued on June 17, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Illumination device and gaming machine equipped with same" was invented by Masaaki Sumi (Kyoto, Japan), Eiji Yasuda (Kyoto, Japan), Takahiro Ono (Kyoto, Japan) and Takehiro Agata (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination device 10 includes a reel 13a, a roulette wheel 14c, a motor 14i, an LED tape 14bb, a light guide plate 14e, and a control unit 16. The roulette wheel 14c is provided to the reel 13a and has first graphics formed thereon. The center of rotation of the motor 14i is the center of the roulette wheel 14c. The LED tape 14bb is provided...