Transformers Toys Patents
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Posting about cool Transformers patents!!
Patents are available for viewing/download on various sites: j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/d0000 (Japanese design patents w/ PDF), worldwide.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EP (Worldwide utility patents w/ PDF), patents.google.com (Worldwide patents w/ some PDFs, but at least good text content)
Patent for unreleased Micro Change full size Cassette Robo. Filed on 1982-12-18 and invented by Takashi Matsuda, the same filing date and inventor as Frenzy/Laserbeak/Ravage. JPS5996089U
Japanese patent for the Diaclone release of Shrapnel. Filed 1983-05-09. Invented by Koujin Ohno and Takashi Matsuda. JPS59174886U.
Not related to patents, but these are awesome!
Printed these awesome designs of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Grimlock by @MightGaineDX on my @BambulabGlobal A1 with AMS.
Japanese patent for Diaclone Fairlady Z aka Transformers Bluestreak. Filed 1982-12-14. Inventor: Koujin Ohno. JPS5993592 (U)
Japanese patent for the Micro Change release of Soundwave. Filed 1983-08-05, about nine months after the cassettes. Features a placeholder Trailbreaker head and unfinished leg details in one diagram. Inventor: Satoshi Koizumi. JPS6030289 (U)
Two patents were filed for the Micro Change release of Bumper, one on 1983-01-14 and another on 1983-04-05. Invented by Masaki Maruyama. JPS59108694 (U), JPS59156689 (U).
Japanese patent for Diaclone Jet Robo F-15 Eagle aka Starscream / Thundercracker / Skywarp. The diagrams seem rushed, with the wing proportions being off and fists penciled into the missile launchers. Filed 1983-03-10. Invented by Koujin Ohno. JPS59140794 (U).
INsulinnn on weibo already recreated it in CAD. Wow, nicely done!!!
Design patent for unreleased Ostrich Cassette. Filed 1985-03-15. Creator: Takashi Matsuda. Registration Number 0731255.
Japanese utility patent for the same early Predaking prototype. Note the odd removable domed masks and the different transformations. Filed 1985-02-28. Akio Kitamura. JPS61199877 (A)
Early Predaking prototype design patent filed 1985-05-01. Created by Akio Kitamura. Registration Number 0716071. Usually design patents are for final or near-final designs. This is an odd one! (1/2)
Japanese patent for the very first car Transformer, the Diaclone Countach LP500S Super Tuning aka Sunstreaker. There were problems with the initial patent diagrams, and an amendment with fixed numbering was added. Filed 1982-03-24. Invented by Koujin Ohno. JPS58145694 (U).
Japanese patent for Micro Change Reflector. The patent shows how the viewfinder gimmick works. Filed 1982-12-29, shortly after the cassettes. Invented by Hideaki Yoke. JPS59105186 (U). They also patented the leg transformation joints separately in JPS59105187 (U).
Japanese patent for Diaclone Ligier JS11 F-1 aka Transformers Mirage. Filed on 1983-06-15, the same date as Jazz. Invented by Kōjin Ōno. JPS6013192 (U)
