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US 4,902,260 AGranted
Amphibian toy car
AssigneeBando Sports, Ltd.
InventorTae-Kyu Im
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Abstract
Am amphibian toy car which can be operated by a remote controller comprising a semicircular flow-control cover disposed ajacent to the upper portion of each front wheel and a buoy. By these flow-control cover and buoy, the forward propel force above the front wheels is not generated, so that the toy car can move forwardly and turn right and left under the condition that wheels are submerged in water.
Claims5
An amphibian toy car which can be operated by a remote controller comprising:
- a car body including upper and lower car bodies;
- front and rear wheels rotatably mounted on said lower car body;
- an annular buoy mounted on a connection between said upper and lower car bodies, said buoy being provided with seal rings;
- a wheel driving unit disposed in the interior of the car bodies, said wheel driving unit including a steering device, a main drive motor, and a differential device;
- said steering device including a tapered sliding cam and I-shaped steering lever operatively connected to said sliding cam, said steering lever having a pair of operating arms;
- said differential device including a drive gear connected to said main drive motor, a pair of steering gears engaged with said drive gear, a pair of intermediate gears each engaged with one of said steering gears, and a pair of driven gears each engaged with one of said intermediate gears;
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- a pair of sliding shafts each carrying one of said steering gears, said shafts being operatively connected to one of said operating arms of said steering lever and being always exerted by a spring in the direction that each one of said steering gears is engaged with the corresponding intermediate gear, so that a forward movement and right and left turning of said toy car can be carried out, as desired, under the condition that wheels are fully submerged in water.
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