WO2015062704A1 - Véhicule miniature guidé sur piste - Google Patents

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WO2015062704A1
WO2015062704A1 PCT/EP2014/002799 EP2014002799W WO2015062704A1 WO 2015062704 A1 WO2015062704 A1 WO 2015062704A1 EP 2014002799 W EP2014002799 W EP 2014002799W WO 2015062704 A1 WO2015062704 A1 WO 2015062704A1
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guide
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toy vehicle
lane change
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Andreas Stadlbauer
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Stadlbauer Marketing + Vertrieb Gmbh
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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
    • A63H17/26—Details; Accessories
    • A63H17/36—Steering-mechanisms for toy vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/08—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track with mechanical means for guiding or steering
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/12—Electric current supply to toy vehicles through the track

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  • the present invention relates to a track-guided toy vehicle for operation on a roadway with a guide keel for engaging in a guide groove of the roadway.
  • Such toy vehicles are known. They are placed on an associated roadway with a guide groove such that the guide keel of the toy vehicle engages in the guide groove.
  • the guide keel is usually projecting from an underside of the vehicle before in the direction of the roadway.
  • the road may be connected to an electrical energy source, wherein the voltage is tapped by a contact taker of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle is supplied in this way on the road with the required electrical energy for the drive. Alternatively, the vehicle may also be battery operated.
  • races between several vehicles can be carried out for entertainment purposes. At least the speed of the vehicles is controlled by a hand controller.
  • known lanes are equipped with lane change or points pieces that allow a lane change of a guided over the turnout vehicle.
  • the guide splits on such a switch piece Y-shaped.
  • the communication between hand controller and receiver on the vehicle can be done by means of infrared radiation.
  • the installation of separate points pieces in the road with increased effort.
  • a racetrack a lane change only possible at predetermined positions.
  • the invention is based on the object, a toy vehicle og. To design a way such that the user of the racetrack gets more intervention options in the handling of the vehicle.
  • the guide keel or at least one engagement portion of the guide keel relative to the vehicle body can be moved in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the guide groove lateral direction.
  • Such a movement of the guide keel when the vehicle is moving leads to a lateral movement or to a steering movement of the vehicle to the right or left, since the laterally moved to the left or right guide keel strikes against the side wall of the guide and the vehicle gradually laterally pushes to the right or left or pulls.
  • the vehicle In a movement of the guide keel to the left, the vehicle is urged to the right, so that a steering maneuver or an evasive movement of the vehicle takes place to the right, while at a Movement of the guide keel to the right the vehicle is pushed to the left, so that a steering maneuver or an evasive movement of the vehicle is to the left.
  • the invention is based on the knowledge that in a turnout track adjustment takes place directly on the switch, so that only at the predetermined positions of the roadway on which a switch piece is present, a selection of the direction of movement of the vehicle (to the left or to the right) can be done.
  • the track-guided vehicle at any position of the guide groove can perform a right or a left movement, so that the user of the racetrack receives more intervention options in the handling of the toy vehicle.
  • the guide keel is arranged pivotable about a parallel to the direction of rotation axis of rotation, in particular rotatable.
  • the guide keel preferably projecting from the axis of rotation in a pin-like manner in the radial direction outwards.
  • the lane change wheel can be circular in a sectional plane running perpendicular to the axis of rotation and have a circumferential surface which is substantially cylindrical in circumference, from which the guide keel or a plurality of guide lugs project preferably outward in a pin-like or pin-like manner.
  • the track change wheel is preferably made of plastic, while the guide keel is preferably made of metal, whereby the durability of the guide keel is increased.
  • a holding portion of the guide keel may be received in a holding hole formed in the radial direction in the track changing wheel, while the engaging portion of the guide keeper protrudes radially from the holding hole.
  • the vehicle according to the invention comprises two, three or more, in particular seven guide keels, which are each arranged to be movable in a direction transverse to the direction of travel of the vehicle, in particular rotatable about the axis of rotation on the vehicle.
  • the guide rails may each be disposed on the track change gear and protrude radially outward from a peripheral surface of the track change gear, so that all guide cams are rotatable together with the track change wheel about the rotation axis.
  • the common rotation of the guide keels causes the (first) guide groove engaging the (first) guide key to urge the vehicle to the left or right depending on the direction of rotation.
  • a further guide keel adjacent to the first guide keel is rotated in such a way that it moves downwards in the direction of the roadway until it engages in a further guide groove of the roadway adjacent to the first guide groove.
  • the first guide keel simultaneously moves in the circumferential direction out of the first guide groove upwards in the direction of the vehicle, so that only the further guide keel engages in the adjacent guide groove.
  • the further guide keel is rotated until it projects from the vehicle floor vertically downwards.
  • the lane change is then completed.
  • the two guide grooves can continue under the lane change below run constant distance parallel to each other, or alternatively they can diverge in the direction of travel, so that the vehicle after the lane change away from the direction of the first guide. If there are more than two guide cams in the circumferential direction of the track changing wheel and more than two guide grooves side by side on the roadway, further rotation of the track changing wheel results in further lateral movement of the vehicle until a third guide cog engages a third guide, etc.
  • a continuous series of lane changes which can essentially correspond to a continuous lateral movement of the vehicle on the road, is possible if, in the case of a total of n guide keels, two adjacent guide keels protrude radially outwards at a mutual angle of approximately 3607n from the axis of rotation.
  • two adjacent guide rails each include the same angle ("neighbor angle") and their engagement portions are the same distance from each other
  • continuous lane changes are possible on a lane with multiple side by side guide grooves
  • two adjacent guide grooves each having the same mutual distance is a multiple of the angle enclosed by two adjacent guide cusps
  • a continuous sequence of lane changes is also possible beyond a rotation of the lane change wheel of 360 ° so that lane changes can be made over an arbitrary lane width until an outermost guide groove in the lateral direction is reached
  • the distance of the engagement portions of two adjacent guide keels is more than 5 mm, more preferably more than 10 mm and less than 30 mm, more preferably less than 20 mm.
  • each guide keel is preferably associated with at least one rotational position of the track changing wheel, in which only this guide keel protrudes downward beyond a contact plane of the vehicle, and in each case two adjacent guide keels is at least one rotational position of the Lane change wheel assigned, in which these two adjacent guide keels protrude beyond the support plane of the vehicle down.
  • the bearing level corresponds to the surface of the road during operation of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle In a rotational position of the lane change gear, in which exactly a guide key attached to the lane change wheel protrudes downward beyond the support plane of the vehicle, the vehicle can be stably guided along a guide groove when the guide keel is more than 1 mm, preferably more than 2 mm and less than 5 mm protrudes above the support plane of the vehicle.
  • the rotation of the guide wheel by half the neighboring angle of the track changing wheel After the rotation of the guide wheel by half the neighboring angle of the track changing wheel reaches a rotational position in which two adjacent guide keels protrude beyond the support plane down and engage each case in a guide groove.
  • a rotational position is assumed at which no single guide key protrudes downward beyond the support plane.
  • the vehicle is always stably guided by one or by two adjacent guide cams, each engaging in a guide groove.
  • the guide rails in the form of metal pins protrude radially outward from a circumferential surface of the track changing wheel rotatable about the axis of rotation.
  • the distance from the center of the track changing wheel to the tip of the engaging portion of a guide pin is preferably more than 1 cm and less than 3 cm, more preferably about 2 cm.
  • the pin diameter is preferably more than 0.5 mm and less than 3 mm, preferably about 1 mm.
  • the vehicle may have a receiving unit which is set up to receive a wireless lane change signal and to drive the drive means in response to the lane change signal.
  • a lane change signal can be initiated using a hand controller by the user of the racetrack, the hand controller can transmit the lane change signal wirelessly directly to the receiving unit of the vehicle or alternatively can transmit the lane change signal to a control unit of the racetrack, passed from the lane change signal to the receiving unit of the vehicle becomes.
  • a lane change signal can cause a rotation of the lane change wheel by exactly the neighboring angle, so that a lateral movement of the vehicle is possible only in stages, wherein one step corresponds to the distance between two adjacent guide grooves. Alternatively, a continuous lateral movement of the vehicle is possible.
  • the twist angle of the lane change gear depends on the lapse of the lane change signal (for example, the period in which a lane change button of the manual controller is depressed by the user).
  • the invention further relates to a toy with a toy vehicle according to the invention described above and with a roadway with two, three or more at least partially parallel side by side extending grooves.
  • the distance of the guide grooves of the guide track preferably corresponds substantially to a distance of the guide gungs of the vehicle.
  • a distance of the guide keels is the distance between the engaging portions of the guide keels or means the distance between the free ends of the guide keel, which engage in the guide grooves of the roadway. This distance is preferably more than 0.5 cm and less than 3 cm, more preferably more than 1 cm and less than 2 cm, in particular about 1, 2 cm.
  • the toy according to the invention may include a remote control for wirelessly driving a drive means such as an electric motor for rotating the lane change wheel of the vehicle.
  • a drive means such as an electric motor for rotating the lane change wheel of the vehicle.
  • FIG. 1 an inventive, track-guided toy vehicle 10 is shown in a view from below.
  • the toy vehicle 10 is adapted for operation on a roadway 50 consisting of a plurality of composable roadway segments. A portion of the roadway 50 is shown in FIG.
  • the roadway has a plurality of juxtaposed guide grooves 52, each adapted to engage a guide keel 12 projecting downwardly from the underside of the vehicle 10 in the roadway direction. The vehicle is thus guided by the guide groove 12 engaging in the guide groove 52 along the roadway in the direction of travel F.
  • the vehicle may be battery powered or have a contactor so that it is powered by the roadway.
  • the vehicle 10 has a plurality of guide rails 12, 14, 16 in the form of metal pins, which are rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein the axis of rotation extends in the direction of travel F.
  • the guide cams 12, 14, 16 respectively project radially outward from the axis of rotation. More precisely, the guide cams 12, 14, 16 are fastened on a track changing wheel 20 which is arranged so as to be rotatable about the axis of rotation in the form of a circular disk, so that a rotation of the track changing wheel leads to a common rotation of all guide rails.
  • the guide hems are thus movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel direction.
  • a downwardly projecting guide keel 12 is movable in a lateral direction S.
  • the vehicle 10 further includes a receiving unit for wirelessly receiving a lane change signal, wherein a manual control device for transmitting the lane change signal is actuated.
  • the hand control device is set up for sending a first lane change signal, which causes a left turn of the lane change wheel on the vehicle, and for sending a second lane change signal, which causes a clockwise rotation of the lane change wheel on the vehicle.
  • the vehicle can be caused by appropriate operation of the manual control device to a left movement and / or a right-hand movement on the road.
  • a first guide keel 12 is directed downward from the axis of rotation in the direction of a first guide groove 52 and engages in the first guide groove 52.
  • the guide keel stands about 3 mm above a supporting plane of the vehicle 10 on the roadway down before, so that the vehicle is guided safely and without the risk of derailment in the guide groove 52.
  • the depth of the guide groove 52 starting from the road surface at least 3 mm.
  • Adjacent guide rails each include a mutual angle ⁇ ("neighboring angle"). In the first rotational position shown in Fig. 2, neither the second nor third guide cams 14, 16 project beyond the support plane of the vehicle.
  • a rotation of the track changing wheel 20 in the counterclockwise direction causes a displacement of the vehicle in a lateral direction S to the left until the second guide key 14 engages in the adjacent guide groove 54.
  • the second guide key 14 After being rotated by half the neighboring angle a / 2, the second guide key 14 already partly engages in the guide groove 54 and the first guide keel 12 partially in the first guide groove 52.
  • the second guide keel 14 engages in the guide groove 54 at a maximum depth, while the first guide keel 12 no longer projects beyond the support plane of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle has moved by the distance of the two guide grooves 52, 54 to the left. This distance is about 1, 2 cm, but larger or smaller distances are possible.
  • a rotation of the track changing wheel 20 in the clockwise direction causes a displacement of the vehicle in a lateral direction S to the right until the third guide cam 16 engages in the adjacent guide groove 56.
  • the third guide keel 16 already partially engages in the guide groove 56 and the first guide keel 12 partially in the guide groove 52 a.
  • After a rotation about the entire neighboring angle ⁇ engages the third guide keel 16 at a maximum depth in the guide groove 56, while the first guide keel 12 is no longer over protrudes the support plane of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle has moved by the distance of the two guide grooves 52, 56 to the right. This distance is about 1, 2 cm, but larger or smaller distances are possible.
  • the lane change wheel on seven radially outwardly projecting guide keels, wherein two adjacent guide keels each include an adjacent angle ⁇ of about 360 ° / 7.
  • a rotation of the Spur Lobrads 20 is also possible over a total angle of more than 360 °, each partial rotation by an angle of 360 ° / 7 causes a lane change of the vehicle until an outermost guide of the road 58, 59 is reached.
  • the vehicle may also have more or less than 7 guide rails.
  • the vehicle may have two guide cams which can be swiveled about a joint, so that a guide-slot change is possible at or in front of a point of the roadway on which two guide grooves, which initially run side by side, diverge.
  • the distance between the engagement portions 18 of two adjacent guide keels is about 1, 2 cm and is adapted to the distance between two adjacent guide grooves. However, this distance can also be selected larger or smaller.
  • lateral movements of the vehicle on the road are possible, so that the vehicle can avoid obstacles and can perform overtaking maneuvers.
  • a position-independent lane change is possible.
  • the lane change wheel rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, so that the vehicle is pulled by the guide pins in the adjacent on the right and left side guide groove.
  • the invention is not limited to the described embodiment.
  • a track changing wheel described above is not essential to the invention in any case, as long as the at least one guide keel is movably arranged on the vehicle in a lateral direction of the vehicle.

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L'invention concerne un véhicule miniature (10), guidé sur piste, qui est destiné à fonctionner sur une voie de roulement (50) et qui est muni d'un ergot de guidage (12) destiné à s'engager dans une rainure de guidage (52) de la voie de roulement. L'ergot de guidage (12) est placé sur le véhicule de façon mobile dans une direction (S) s'étendant transversalement, en particulier à peu près perpendiculairement à la direction de déplacement du véhicule.
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