ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,698, issued on April 29, was assigned to TOMY COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Top launching device" was invented by Makoto Muraki (Tokyo), Kei Nishizawa (Tokyo) and Takeaki Maeda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A top launching device for launching a top includes a device body and an operating belt. The device body includes first and second input rotors to rotate, an output rotor configured to hold the top in a state with a central axis of the output rotor aligned with a central axis of the top and configured to rotate and impart the rotational force to the top, and a coupling rotor configured to transmit the rotational force from the inp...