Module assembly
AssigneeLuxrobo Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeok Jung Kim, Yoon Son, Sang Hun Oh
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Abstract
Provided is a module assembly including a plurality of modules. The modules each include a polyhedral housing with a polygonal plane, a pin provided on one side of a corner of the housing to selectively protrude, a pin installation portion in which the pin is installed to be movable, a pin receiver provided on another side of the corner of the housing such that a pin of another module is to be inserted thereinto, and a magnet installed between the pin installation portion and the pin receiver, and configured to apply magnetic force to both the pin provided in the pin installation portion and the pin of the other module to be received in the pin receiver.
Claims20
A module assembly comprising:
- a plurality of modules;
- a plate to which the plurality of modules are to be coupled, the plate comprising one or more protrusions,
- wherein the modules each comprise:
- a polyhedral housing with a polygonal plane;
- a pin provided on one side of a corner of the housing to selectively protrude;
- a pin installation portion in which the pin is installed to be movable;
- a pin receiver provided on another side of the corner of the housing such that a pin of another module is to be inserted thereinto;
- a magnet installed between the pin installation portion and the pin receiver, and configured to apply magnetic force to both the pin provided in the pin installation portion and the pin of the another module to be received in the pin receiver;
- and
- a fit-coupling portion in which the one or more protrusions are to fit,
- wherein the fit-coupling portion comprises an insertion recess into which the one or more protrusions are to be inserted, and
- the pin of a first module of the plurality of modules protrudes from the housing in response to magnetic force applied by the magnet of a second module of the plurality of modules when the second module is coupled to the plate and the first module is surface-to-surface coupled to the second module.
A module assembly comprising:
- a plurality of modules each having a first state in which a pin is protruding from each of the modules and a second state in which the pin is received in the each of the modules, the modules each comprising a pin receiver into which the pin is to be inserted and a magnet;
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- a plate to which the modules are to be coupled,
- wherein a first module and a second module among the modules are to be surface-to-surface coupled to each other,
- the pin of the first module switches from the second state to the first state to be inserted into the pin receiver of the second module in response to magnetic force applied by the magnet of the second module when the second module is coupled to the plate and the first module is surface-to-surface coupled to the second module,
- the pin switches from the first state to the second state when the surface-to-surface coupling between the first module and the second module is cancelled,
- the plate comprises one or more protrusions,
- the first module and the second module each comprise a fit-coupling portion in which the one or more protrusions are to fit, and
- the fit-coupling portion comprises an insertion recess into which the one or more protrusions are to be inserted.
A module assembly comprising:
- a first module and a second module disposed to be spaced apart from each other, each of the first module and the second module including a magnet;
- and
- a third module to be coupled to the first module and the second module while being in surface contact therewith, the third module including a magnet,
- a plate to which the first module, the second module and the third module are to be coupled, the plate comprising one or more protrusions,
- wherein a pin provided in one of the first module and the third module protrudes and fits in a pin receiver provided in the other of the first module and the third module in response to magnetic force applied by the magnet of the other of the first module and the third module when the first module and the second module are coupled to the plate and the third module is surface-to-surface coupled to the first module and the second module,
- a pin provided in one of the second module and the third module protrudes and fits in a pin receiver provided in the other of the second module and the third module in response to magnetic force applied by the magnet of the other of the second module and the third module when first module and the second module are coupled to the plate and the third module is surface-to-surface coupled to the first module and the second module,
- the pins are configured to protrude when the third module fits in between the first module and the second module,
- each of the first module, the second module and the third module comprises a fit-coupling portion in which the one or more protrusion are to fit, and
- the fit-coupling portion comprises an insertion recess into which the one or more protrusions are to be inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.