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  5. /Y10S 185/00 · Motors: spring, weight, or animal powered
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Y10S 185/01

Spring powered toys

Y10S185/01 (Spring powered toys) appears on 42 US grants and 2 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 185/00Motors: spring, weight, or animal powered
  5. Y10S 185/01Spring powered toys
Granted patents
42
Published applications
2
Assignees
20
Inventors
44
Latest grant
24 May 2005

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 185/01: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
197610
197720
197810
197910
198020
198130
198210
198310
198440
198500
198640
198750
198810
198930
199010
199100
199210
199330
199410
199510
199600
199710
199800
199900
200000
200121
200200
200311
200410
200510

1976198619962005

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Flat spool elastic motor having time-averaged constant torque output24 May 2005US 6,896,104 B2Vortex HC, LLC
  • Elastic motor having time-averaged constant torque output1 Jun 2004US 6,742,626 B2Avionic Instruments, Inc.
  • Elastic motor with constant torque output2 Sep 2003US 6,612,402 B1Avionic Instruments, Inc.
  • Simple device producing both action effect and electronic effect13 Mar 2001US 6,199,439 B1
  • Vehicle with spring motor operable in running and rewind modes6 Mar 2001US 6,196,894 B1
  • Elastic motor having time-averaged constant torque output6 Feb 2003US 2003/0024769 A1Avionic Instruments, Inc.
  • Elastic motor13 Dec 2001US 2001/0050201 A1Vortex HC, LLC

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Toy vehicle with spring drive mechanism25US 4,241,534 AMattel, Inc. · 1980
  • Spring prime mover unit23US 3,961,440 A1976
  • Spring powered prime mover23US 4,478,313 ATakara Co., Ltd. · 1984
  • Simple device producing both action effect and electronic effect21US 6,199,439 B12001
  • Spring powered prime mover18US 4,463,831 ATakara Co., Ltd. · 1984

Top assignees

Documents
  • AIAvionic Instruments, Inc.3
  • TTakara Co., Ltd.3
  • CCCustom Concepts, Incorporated2
  • Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.2
  • Mattel, Inc.2
  • NINikken Industries Corp.2
  • VHVortex HC, LLC2
  • AIArco Industries Ltd.1
  • Bandai Co., Ltd.1
  • GGearTech Co., Ltd.1

Often classified with

  • A63HToys37
  • F03GSpring, weight, inertia or like motors18
  • Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification12
  • G10FAutomatic musical instruments2
  • G04BMechanically-driven clocks or watches1

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