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US 2006/0141948 A1Published application
Adjustable steering mechanism for radio frequency toy controller
AssigneeRadioShack Corporation
InventorNobuaki Ogihara
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Abstract
A controller for a radio-controlled toy, comprising a housing, a first interface disposed on a first side of the housing, a second interface disposed on a second side of the housing, and a steering wheel having a steering shaft, the steering shaft being adapted to be inserted into either of the first and second interfaces.
Claims20
A controller configured to transmit radio signals to be received by a radio-controlled toy, comprising:
- a housing having a gun-like shape and including:
- a handle portion;
- and
- a body portion coupled to the handle portion;
- a trigger extending from the housing and configured to be actuated by a user to control forward/backward motion of the radio-controlled toy;
- and
- a steering wheel configurable for use on either side of the controller to provide for right-handed or left-handed use and configured to be actuated by the user to control steering of the radio-controlled toy.
4 more elements
A controller for a radio-controlled toy, comprising:
- a controller housing;
- a rotatable steering shaft housing;
- and
- a steering wheel having a rotatable steering shaft in registry with the rotatable steering shaft housing, wherein the steering shaft housing is at least partially disposed within the controller housing and is adjustable relative to the controller housing.
1 more element
An apparatus for providing a user-desired steering signal to a radio-controlled toy, comprising:
- means for receiving user-input corresponding to the user-desired steering signal;
- means for transmitting the user-desired steering signal to the radio-controlled toy;
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- means for repositioning the user-input receiving means between right-handed and left-handed configurations.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.