EP0700703A2 - An Spielfahrzeuge montierte Projektilabschusseinrichtung - Google Patents

An Spielfahrzeuge montierte Projektilabschusseinrichtung Download PDF

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EP0700703A2
EP0700703A2 EP95306152A EP95306152A EP0700703A2 EP 0700703 A2 EP0700703 A2 EP 0700703A2 EP 95306152 A EP95306152 A EP 95306152A EP 95306152 A EP95306152 A EP 95306152A EP 0700703 A2 EP0700703 A2 EP 0700703A2
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Shohei Suto
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
    • A63H17/006—Missile-launching means on toy vehicles

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  • the present invention relates to a vehicle toy mounting a projectile-launching mechanism, which has extraordinary powers, i.e., which can be remotely controlled so as to pop a projectile-launching platform out of a vehicle body and launch a projectile therefrom, the projectile-launching platform being housed in the vehicle body in a time other than the projectile-launching time described above.
  • a conventional ground vehicle toy mounting a projectile-launching mechanism has its projectile-launching portion exposed to the enemy, and, therefore is easily recognized as a projectile-launching vehicle before the projectile is launched from such projectile-launching portion of the vehicle toy. Further, the conventional vehicle toy lacks in originality and is poor in the number of the projectiles stored in the vehicle toy. Consequently, the projectiles are immediately exhausted when continuously launched, which sometimes makes it impossible to hit a target.
  • a remotely-controlled vehicle toy mounting a projectile-launching mechanism comprising: a structure which is mounted on a vehicle body of the vehicle toy and capable of moving from a first position to a second position so as to form in outline a part of the vehicle body in the first position and pop out of the vehicle body in the second position; a popping-out mechanism through which the structure is moved from the first position to the second position so as to pop out of the vehicle body; a projectile-launching platform provided with a projectile-launching mechanism which is provided in the structure so as to be housed in the vehicle body in the first position and appear in sight in its projectile-launching position when the structure is in the second position; and a projectile-launching control means for controlling the projectile-launching mechanism.
  • the structure has one of its opposite end portions pivotally attached to a portion of the vehicle body and the other of the opposite end portions formed into a free-end portion on which the projectile-launching platform provided with the projectile-launching mechanism is mounted;
  • the projectile-launching platform is provided with at least one projectile-launching sleeve;
  • the projectile-launching mechanism is provided with a projectile-energizing means for giving a flight force to a projectile, a restricting means for temporarily restricting the launching of the projectile, and a release means for releasing the projectile from restrictions placed upon the launching of the projectile;
  • the projectile-launching control means is provided with a release mechanism which drives the release means so as to release the projectile from the restrictions upon receipt of a radio signal;
  • the projectile-launching platform is provided with a guide portion in its projectile-loading portion, the guide portion being provided with at least two slits;
  • the projectile is constructed of a head and a tail cylindrical portion, the tail
  • the structure mounted on the vehicle toy forms in outline a part of the vehicle body in the first position thereof, and pops out of the vehicle body through the actuation of the popping-out mechanism to permit the projectile-launching platform with the projectile-launching mechanism to come in slight; and, the projectile-launching mechanism is controlled by the projectile-launching control means so the the projectile is launched. Therefore, the vehicle toy of the present invention shows much originality in operation without using complex electronic circuits, is improved in flight range by using a simple and low-cost mechanism, and permits a user to play with it safely.
  • a vehicle toy 10 mounting a projectile-launching mechanism of an embodiment of the present invention is remote-controlled by wire or by wireless through a remote-control unit 120 which issues a control signal to the vehicle toy 10.
  • the vehicle toy 10 is provided with a chassis 11 and a vehicle body 12 mounted on the chassis 11. Further, the vehicle toy 10 is provided with left and right front steerable wheels 13a, 13b together with left and right rear drive wheel 14a, 14b. Steering operation of the vehicle toy 10 is conducted by using a link arm through which the front wheels 13a, 13b are pivoted to a front-end portion of the vehicle toy 10.
  • the front wheels 13a, 13b are moved together right and left in a desired manner through an electrically-energized actuator 18 provided in a steering portion of the vehicle toy 10.
  • Such steering operation conducted through the actuator 18 is well known, for example, as shown in U.S. Patent No. 5,261,853.
  • the vehicle toy 10 is provided with a vehicle drive unit 25 which drives at least one of the rear drive wheels 14a, 14b through a reduction-gear unit 21 constructed of an appropriate gear train.
  • the rear wheels 14a, 14b are fixedly mounted on opposite ends of a rear axle 22 of the vehicle toy 10.
  • a battery 24 serving as an electric power source of both the vehicle toy 10 and a radio receiver 26 for controlling the vehicle toy 10 are preferably mounted on a central portion of the chassis 11.
  • the vehicle body 12 is formed, for example, into a shape of an automobile such as a conventional truck in its front portion and into a shape of an open-top load-carrying box in its rear portion.
  • a structure 15, which is an essential part of the vehicle toy 10 of the present invention, is swingably mounted in the load-carrying box of the vehicle body 12. More specifically, the structure 15 has its rear-end portion pivoted to the rear portion of the vehicle body 12 to permit its front-end portion to swingably move upward under the influence of a compression coil spring 42. Such swingable upward movement of the front-end portion of the structure 15 tilts the structure 15 back. Consequently, the structure 15 may assume a first position in which the structure 15 is housed in the load-carrying box as shown in Fig.
  • the structure 15 has rear opposite ends of its lower-case portion 55 pivoted to the vehicle body 12. Further, the structure 15 is provided with a rear-body portion 23 which covers the load-carrying box of the vehicle body 12 and follows the front portion of the vehicle body 12 in contour.
  • the vehicle toy 10 when the structure 15 is in the first position as shown in Fig. 2, the vehicle toy 10 entirely assumes the same shape as that of a conventional land vehicle or automobile in outline.
  • the structure 15 when the structure 15 is in the second position as shown in Fig. 1, the front-end portion of the structure 15 moves upward to project from an upper portion of the vehicle toy 10, and, therefore comes in sight. As a result, the structure 15 assumes its tilting position to show a projectile launcher of the vehicle toy 10.
  • the structure 15 is provided with a projectile-launching platform 48 inside the rear-body portion 23. Further, the structure 15 is provided with a popping-out or expanding mechanism and a projectile-launching mechanism. The popping-out mechanism moves the structure 15 from the first position to the second position. On the other hand, the projectile-launching platform 48 is completely housed in the vehicle body 10 when the structure 15 is in the first position as shown in Fig. 2, and comes in sight when the structure 15 is in the second position as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the structure 15 is provided with: the projectile-launching platform 48 for loading a projectile 50 and for housing therein a spring 44 producing a projectile-launching force and an upper case 54 and a lower case 55 in which gears and a motor of the projectile-launching mechanism and the popping-out mechanism are housed.
  • the lower case 55 of the structure 15 is provided with a pair of laterally-extending bearing portions 55a in its rear portion and a pair of bosses 55b which are provided in outer ends of the bearing portions 55a and formed into rod-like shapes extending vertically.
  • the bearing portions 55a of the lower case 55 loosely engage with or are inserted into a pair of vertically-extending slits 12a which are formed in the load-carrying box of the rear portion of the vehicle body 12 so as to correspond in position to such bearing portions 55a of the lower case 55 of the structure 15.
  • the bosses 55b of the lower case 55 in the structure 15 are loosely inserted into a pair of elongated holes 12b formed in a pair of oblique surfaces which are provided in the vehicle body 12 so as to be adjacent to the slits 12a of the vehicle body 12.
  • the bosses 55b of the structure 15 have their lower-end portions engaged threadably with a pair of truss-head screws 29 so that the bosses 55b are prevented from being pulled out of the elongated holes 12b of the vehicle body 12. Since the structure 15 has the bearing portions 55a of its lower case 15 inserted rotatably in the slits 12a of the vehicle body 12 and also has the bosses 55b of its lower case 55 inserted slidably in the elongated holes 12b of the vehicle body 12, it is possible for the structure 15 to swing or tilt in the vehicle body 12.
  • a suitable resilient means for example such as a compression coil spring 42, which resiliently urges the lower case 55 upward.
  • a pair of stationary hooks 19 which are laterally spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, as is clear from Fig. 10. As shown in Fig. 4, each of the stationary hooks 19 is provided with a stationary-pawl portion 19a and an oblique-surface portion 19b which is inclined upward toward the front end of the vehicle body 12.
  • the stationary-pawl portion 19a of the stationary hook 19 engages with a movable-pawl portion 38b of a movable hook 38 provided in the structure 15 to hold the structure 15 in the load-carrying box of the vehicle body 12 against a resilient force exerted by the compression coil spring 42.
  • the movable hook 38 is disengaged from the stationary hook 19, the structure 15 swingably moves upward under the influence of the resilient force exerted by the compression coil spring 42 and reaches the second position on the vehicle body 12, as shown in Fig. 4.
  • the upper case 54 and the lower case 55 of the structure 15 are formed into one piece and disposed under the rear-body portion 23.
  • Housed in the upper case 54 and the lower case 55 of the structure are: a motor 28; a pinion 30 provided on the motor 28; a first intermediate gear 32 driven by the pinion 30; a second intermediate gear 33 which is integrally formed with the first intermediate gear 32; a rib gear 34 and a cam ring 36 driven by the second intermediate gear 33; shafts 35 for supporting the gears and the cam; and, the movable hook 38.
  • the first intermediate gear 32 meshes with the pinion 30 of the motor 28 and the second intermediate gear 33 meshes with the rib gear 34.
  • the second intermediate gear 33 is large in face width to permit the rib gear 34 to slide widthwise (i.e., move back and forth as viewed in the traveling direction of the vehicle toy 10) relative to the second intermediate gear 33 on its shaft 35.
  • a pin 34c provided in a front surface of the rib gear 34 is a pin 34c extending forward.
  • a first rib 34a extending from a center of the rib gear 34 radially outward; and, a second rib 34b extending from an outer peripheral portion of the rib gear 34 radially inwardly.
  • the cam ring 36 is mounted on the shaft 35 on which both the first intermediate gear 32 and the second intermediate gear 33 are also mounted. The cam ring 36 is rotatable relative to these intermediate gears 32, 33, and provided with an edge ring 36c in an outer peripheral portion of its front surface. As shown in Fig.
  • a pair of triangular inner cams 36b are formed in an inner surface of the edge ring 36c so as to radially inwardly extend and be oppositely disposed from each other in a diametrical direction of the cam ring 36.
  • a cam rib 36a is in the rear surface of the rib gear 36, the cam rib 36a being provided with a plurality of radially-extending projections the number of which is, for example, ten.
  • the rib gear 34 has its pin 34c engaged with the cam rib 36a of the cam ring 36 which in turn has its inner cam 36b engaged with bosses 401a, 402a, 403a, 404a and 405a (hereinafter simply the bosses 401a - 405a) of a projectile stopper 40.
  • the pin 34c can engage one projection of cam rib 36a to turn cam ring about 36 degrees so that the inner cam 36b of the cam ring 36 depresses the bosses 401a - 405a one by one.
  • the movable hook 38 assumes a substantially laterally-extending rod-like shape and is movably housed in the lower case 55 of the structure 15 so as to be slidable widthwise and back and forth.
  • the movable hook 38 has its opposite-end portions exposed to the corresponding stationary hooks 19 in opposite sides of the lower case 55 of the structure 15.
  • movable-pawl portions 38b engaging with the stationary-pawl portions 19a of the stationary hooks 19 and the oblique surfaces 38c which abut on the stationary-pawl portions 19a of the stationary hooks 19 and slidably guide them when the movable-pawl portions 38b of the movable hooks 38 engage with the stationary-pawl portions 19a of the stationary hooks 19.
  • a hook boss 38a which engages with the first rib 34a and the second rib 34b.
  • a laterally-extending elongated groove 38d is formed slightly under the hook boss 38a in the movable hook 38, and movably receives a lower portion of the rib gear 34 therein so as to permit the rib gear 34 to laterally move by a predetermined distance.
  • a resilient hook 38e is formed in a right portion of the movable hook 38.
  • a coil spring 46 has one of its opposite ends engage with the resilient hook 38e of the movable hook 38 and the other of its opposite ends engage with a resilient hook 55c formed in a left portion of the bottom of the lower case 55, so that the movable hook 38 is resiliently urged to the left and forward, as viewed in Fig. 10.
  • the movable hook 38 is slidable widthwise in a condition in which the rib gear 34 is received in the elongated groove 38c of the movable hook 38, while slidable back and forth together with the rib gear 32.
  • the projectile-launching platform 48 is integrally provided with a front-plate portion 48b having five openings 48a, five relatively large-diameter projectile-launching sleeve portions 48c which have their front ends fixedly mounted on rear ends of the corresponding openings 48a of the front-plate portion 48b, five spring-housing portions 48d for housing five relatively small-diameter launching springs 44 therein, the spring-housing portions 48d being coaxially arranged with the corresponding sleeve portions 48c and fixedly mounted on the rear portions thereof.
  • the five projectile-launching sleeve portions 48c of the projectile-launching platform 48 are equally spaced apart from each other on the periphery of an upper half of the the cam ring 36, and disposed in front of the lower case 55, as shown in Fig. 3.
  • a guide portion 48e Formed inside each of the spring-housing portions 48d is a guide portion 48e provided with three rifles.
  • a through-hole 48f for receiving therein a front-end portion of each of five stopper blades 401, 402, 403, 404 and 405 (hereinafter simply referred to as the stopper blades 401 - 405) of the projectile stopper 40.
  • the stopper blades 401 - 405 radially outwardly extend from a center line of the cam ring 36.
  • the projectile stopper 40 is made of, for example, a molded elastomer. As shown in Fig. 7, the projectile stopper 40 is provided with a plurality of axial slits in the peripheral portion of its substantially semi-cylindrical portion a rear end of which is formed into five bent portions forming the stopper blades 401 - 405. As seen in Fig. 8, the semi-cylindrical portion of the projectile stopper 40 has its front-end portion fixedly mounted on the rear surface of the front-plate portion 48b of the projectile-launching platform 48.
  • a front end of each of such five stopper blades 401 - 405 is inserted into the through-hole 48f or each of the five spring-housing portions 48d of the projectile-launching platform 48 and slightly extends radially inwardly into each of the spring-housing portions 48d so as to engage with an engaging groove 50d of the projectile 50.
  • the stopper bosses 401a - 405a are formed in the rear surfaces of the bent portions of the stopper blades 401 - 405 so as to extend rearward toward the cam ring 36.
  • Each of the stopper blades 401 - 405 is bent inwardly when each of their stopper bosses 401a - 405a, which is disposed inside the edge ring 36c of the cam ring 36, abuts on the inner cam 36c of the cam ring 36 in operation and is depressed radially inwardly in the cam ring 36.
  • each of the stopper bosses 401a - 405a is released from the inner cam 36c of the cam ring 36, each of the bosses 401a - 405a returns to its initial position due to resiliency of the projectile stopper 40.
  • the projectile 50 is preferably formed into a missile-like shape provided with a round-head portion 50a and a tail portion 50b which is integrally formed with a rear end of the round-head portion 50a.
  • Formed in outer peripheral portion of the tail portion 50b of the projectile 50 are three helical projections 50c which loosely and threadably engage with the guide portion 48e of the projectile-launching platform 48.
  • each of the helical projections 50c is notched in the vicinity of the rear end of the round-head portion 50a to form the engaging groove 50d for receiving therein the front-end portion of each of the stopper blades 401 - 405 of the projectile stopper 40.
  • the round-head portion 50a is preferably covered with a suitable cushion member made of foamed plastics, rubbers or sponges, and, therefore does not injure users even when the projectile 50 hits the users.
  • Fig. 18 is a perspective view showing a portable remote-control unit 120 for controlling the vehicle toy 10.
  • the unit 120 is preferably constructed of an on/off switch 122, a first toggle-control lever 124 for controlling the vehicle toy 10 in back-and-forth motion, a second toggle-control lever 126 for controlling the vehicle toy 10 in steering, an antenna 128, and a button 130 for releasing the hooks from their engagement, permitting the structure 15 to pop out of the load-carrying box of the vehicle toy 10 and launching the projectiles 50 selectively.
  • Fig. 19 is a block diagram of the main circuit components of the portable remote-control unit 120.
  • the unit 120 is preferably provided with a pair of contacts 124a and 124b, which are closed when the first toggle-control lever 124 is operated to move back and forth, a pair of contacts 126a and 126b, which are closed when the second toggle-control lever 126 is operated to move right and left, and a pair of contacts 130a closed when the button 130 is depressed.
  • Each pair of the contacts 124a, 124b, 126a, 126b and 130a is connected to a mixer circuit 136 by corresponding channel input terminals of a control-signal generator circuit 132.
  • the circuit 132 is controlled by a crystal oscillator circuit 134 which issues an output-control signal and like signals.
  • the mixer circuit 136 preferably issues a control signal to a high-frequency amplifier circuit 138 which in turn issues a remote-control signal to the vehicle toy 10 through the antenna 128.
  • the vehicle toy 10 comprises an antenna 140 (shown in Fig. 20) for receiving a radio-control signal. More specifically, the antenna 140 receives a radio-control signal issued from the remote-control unit 120 and transmits the signal to the receiver circuit 34. In response to the remote-control signal issued from the unit 120, the battery power source is selectively connected with the motor 28 of the drive unit, the steering actuator 18 and the drive motor 20.
  • a typical radio-receiver unit 26 is substantially constructed of a receiver circuit 142, amplifier circuit 146, and a control-signal separator circuit 148.
  • the circuit 148 may be an analog-type, a binary-type or a digital-type circuit through which the received radio-control signal is processed through dividing, mixing, demultiplexing and decoding operations.
  • a first signal which is generated when the contacts 124a, 124b, 126a, 126b and 130a are connected with the control-signal generator circuit 132, is identified by properly selecting a control system, so that the steering actuator 18, the drive motor 20 or the motor 28 are selectively driven in a desired selected direction.
  • the above-mentioned receiver circuit and signal processing circuit are well known in the art, and, therefore properly selected in use.
  • the signal separator circuit 148 is preferably provided with at least three independent output channels for controlling the drive circuits of the channels.
  • An electrical traveling drive circuit 150 is connected with the drive motor 20.
  • An electrical-steering circuit 154 is connected with the steering actuator 18.
  • a hook-releasing / projectile-launching circuit 158 is connected with the electric motor 28.
  • each of the electric-drive circuits 150, 154 and 158 effectively and selectively connects the vehicle-toy power battery 24 to the motor 20, motor 28, or the actuator 18 so as to effectively and selectively connect with the electric motor or the actuator, which motor or the actuator is connected with a drive circuit having a power battery or having other power sources of the vehicle toy 10.
  • Each of the drive circuits is independently operated as to other electric drive circuits.
  • the movable hook 38 engages with the stationary hooks 19.
  • the movable hook 38 is resiliently urged forward by the coil spring 46.
  • the rib gear 34 (shown in Fig. 11) is held in its rear position while meshed with the first intermediate gear 33. Consequently, the pin 34c of the rib gear 34 is not engaged with the cam rib 36b of the cam ring 36. As a result, the cam ring 36 does not rotate even when the rib gear 34 rotates.
  • the first rib 34a of the rib gear 34 is going to engage with the hook boss 38a of the movable hook 38).
  • the movable hook 38 moves right by a predetermined distance
  • the movable-pawl portions 38b of the movable hook 38 disengage from the stationary-pawl portions 19a of the stationary hooks 19 to permit the structure 15 to swingably move upward under the influence of the resilient force exerted by the compression coil spring 42.
  • the structure 15 assumes its second position shown in Figs. 1 and 4 in which the projectile-launching platform 48 comes in sight so that the projectile 50 is ready for launching.
  • the structure pops out of the vehicle body 12 to assume its second position and the projectile 50 is previously loaded.
  • the round-head portion 50a of the projectile 50 is held by the user's hand so that the tail portion 50b of the projectile 50 is inserted into the projectile-launching sleeve portion 48c of the projectile-launching platform 48 through its opening 48a. Then, the round-head portion 50a of the projectile 50 is rotated to have the projections 50c of the tail portion 50b engage with the guide portion 48e of the platform 48.
  • the projectile 50 is further inserted into the sleeve portion 48c of the platform 48 against a resilient force exerted by the launching spring 44 to have the front-end portion of each of the stopper blades 401 - 405 inserted into the engaging groove 50d of the projectile 50 so that the loading operations of the projectiles are completed.
  • the projectile-launching platform 48 is preferably fully loaded with the projectiles 50.
  • the pin 34c of the rib gear 34 engages with the cam rib 36a of the cam ring 36 so that the cam ring 36 is rotated clockwise in the direction of arrow "D" by a predetermined amount or angle corresponding to one of the ten projections of the cam rib 36a.
  • the inner cam 36b of the cam ring 36 in a position shown in Fig. 15 moves to its uppermost position shown in Fig. 16 to depress the stopper boss 403a in the direction of arrow "E" radially inwardly as to a center of the cam ring 36.
  • the front end of the stopper blade 403 moves downward in the through-hole 48f of the spring-housing portion 48d to disengage from the engaging groove 50d of the projectile 50 so that the projectile 50 is launched under the influence of the resilient force exerted by the launching spring 44.
  • the pin 34c of the rib gear 34 disengages from the cam rib 36a of the cam ring 36 so that the cam ring 36 stops in a position in which the inner cam 36b thereof passes the boss 403b of the stopper 40. Then, the rib gear 34 is further rotated to have its first rib 34a abut on the hook boss 38a of the movable hook 38 so that the movable hook 38 is moved to the right to assume the same position as that shown in Fig. 12 in which the second rib 34b of the rib gear 34 abuts on the hook boss 38a to stop the rib gear 34 in rotation.
  • the structure 15 is so described as to be moved from the first position to the second position by the hook mechanism under the influence of the resilient force exerted by the compression coil spring 42.
  • the structure 15 may perform any motion, for example, may expand, swing, extend, spread, open, move back and forth, move widthwise, rotate or otherwise elevate.
  • the structure 15 may be operated by a reversible-type actuator.
  • the number of the loaded projectiles 50 is five, as shown in the drawings. However, it is easy and obvious for those skilled in the art to modify the embodiment of the present invention in mechanism so as to load the number more (or less) than five of the projectiles 50 in the vehicle toy 10.
  • control unit of the present invention although the embodiment of the present invention is described so as to be controlled by wireless, it is also possible to control the embodiment of the vehicle toy 10 by wire. In other words, it is also possible to supply a control signal from the remote-control unit to the vehicle toy 10 through wires, or, it is also possible to directly transmit the electric drive signal from the remote-control unit to the drive circuit mounted on the vehicle toy 10.
  • the embodiment of the present invention is radio-controlled, it is also possible to control the embodiment of the present invention by using other wireless systems, for example such as infrared-signal systems and ultrasonic-signal systems.
  • a control signal is directly received by in a signal receiver or after the thus received signal is amplified in an amplifier for controlling relays and other switches used in order to supply more current to motors and actuators, or, according to a control signal issued from an on-board processor (not shown) of the vehicle toy, a necessary power may be supplied to an electrically-driven actuator of the vehicle toy.
  • the vehicle toy 10 mounting the projectile-launching mechanism of the present invention shows much originality in operation without using a complex circuit is improved in flight range by using a simple and low-cost mechanism, permits a user to safely play with it, and comprises: the structure 15 mounted on the toy 10 and capable of moving from the first position to the second position so as to form in outline a part of the vehicle body 12 of the toy 10 in the first position and pop out of the vehicle body 12 in the second position; the popping-out mechanism by which the structure 15 is moved from the first position to the second position so as to pop out of the vehicle body 12; the projectile-launching platform 48 having the projectile-launching mechanism which is provided in the structure 15 so as to be housed in the vehicle body 12 in the first position and appear in sight in its launching position when the structure 15 is in the second position; and, the launching control means for controlling the projectile-launching mechanism.
  • Hook 38c may be made of resilient material, resiliently mounted to movable hook 38 or both.

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