ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,639, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Control deck and gaming machine equipped with same" was invented by Takuya Kudo (Kyoto, Japan), Masaaki Sumi (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroyuki Onitsuka (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control deck 10 is provided to a gaming machine 1, and comprises a top plate 11, a non-contact power supply unit 26, an LED board 24, a decorative plate 21, and a control unit 25. The non-contact power supply unit 26 is provided directly below a specific charging position P1 on the upper surface of the top plate 11, and performs non-contact charging of a device placed in the cha...