Flying toy able to move by the flapping of wings
OwnerEdwin Van Ruymbekeinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a flying toy capable of moving by flapping of wings. The flying toy comprises a support structure; an actuation mechanism, for the wings, arranged on the support structure and comprising a crank drive rotated by a means providing the driving force; and two flexible wings arranged symmetrically with respect to the vertical plane of symmetry of the toy and connected, at the wing bases, to the actuation mechanism, the aforementioned wing bases being mounted oscillating about axes arranged on both sides of the vertical plane of symmetry of the toy. A controller receives a control signal indicating a left turn, increases the tension on the right wing and reduces it on the left wing and, for a right turn, the opposite action is performed.
Claims13
A flying toy capable of moving by flapping of wings, the flying toy comprising:
- a support structure,
- an actuation mechanism arranged on the support structure and comprising a rotatable crank drive,
- two flexible wings each comprising a wing base, the two flexible wings being arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane of symmetry of the toy and connected, at the wing bases, to the actuation mechanism, the wing bases being mounted oscillating about axes arranged on both sides of the vertical plane of symmetry of the toy, and
- a motor that, responsive to receiving a control signal indicating a left turn, increases a tension on the right wing while reducing a tension on the left wing thereby effecting a left turn, and that, responsive to receiving a control signal indicating a right turn, increases the tension on the left wing while reducing the tension on the right wing thereby effecting a right turn.
A method for controlling a flying toy capable of moving by flapping of wings, the toy comprising:
- a support structure,
- an actuation mechanism arranged on the support structure and comprising a rotatable crank drive,
- two flexible wings each comprising a wing base, the two flexible wings being arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane of symmetry of the toy and connected, at the wing bases, to the actuation mechanism, the wing bases being mounted oscillating about axes arranged on both sides of the vertical plane of symmetry of the toy,
- the method comprising:
- receiving a control signal,
- responsive to the control signal indicating a right turn, increasing the tension on the left wing while reducing a tension on the right wing, to effect a right turn, and
- responsive to the control signal indicating a left turn, increasing the tension on the right wing while reducing the tension on the let wing, to effect a left turn.
A flying toy capable of moving by flapping of wings, the flying toy comprising:
- a support structure,
- an actuation mechanism arranged on the support structure and comprising a rotatable crank drive,
- two flexible wings each comprising a wing base, the two flexible wings being arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane of symmetry of the toy and connected, at the wing bases, to the actuation mechanism, the wing bases being mounted oscillating about axes arranged on both sides of the vertical plane of symmetry of the toy,
- means, responsive to a control signal indicating a right turn, for increasing the tension on the left wing while reducing a tension on the right wing, to effect a right turn, and
- means, responsive to the control signal indicating a left turn, for increasing the tension on the right wing while reducing the tension on the left wing, to effect a left turn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.