Soccer and fighting robot, and driving and operating device of the robot

• US 20050073276A1
• Filed: 09/24/2002
• Published: 04/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fumiaki Tsurukawa
• Original Assignee: Fumiaki Tsurukawa
• Inventors: Tsurukawa, Fumiaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,463,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/568.120
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/06 Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football if physically beneficial for the human body A63B67/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/26 electric or magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 11/10 Figure toys with single- or multiple-axle undercarriages, by which the figures perform a realistic running motion when the toy is moving over the floor

Abstract

An amusement soccer and fighting robot, wherein a three-wheel drive cart usable as the drive device of various movable bodies is installed on a robot toy, whereby, since the robot can be moved freely by the use of the three wheel drive cart without relying upon a difficult walking operation, a soccer game and a fighting game can e realized by the robot with high game performance.

Claims

1. A three-wheel cart, wherein the rotational axis of each of the three wheels of a three-wheel drive cart having three drive wheels is arranged to overlap the three sides of an equilateral triangle, and several rollers are installed on the ground plane of the wheel by aligning the rotational axes of the rollers with the plane so as to solidly intersect with the rotational axis of the wheel at 90 degrees.

2. A method of installing rollers on the ground plane of the wheel of the three-wheel drive cart of claim 1, wherein a groove is formed along the rotational direction of the wheel, and rollers are affixed to the groove by a line-shaped object such as wire or string, which is allowed to go through the holes of the rotational axes of the rollers.

3. A robot, comprising the cart of claim 1 as a drive portion, and a joystick-type operating device to which a decorative plate having a hexagonal hole is made to limit the tilting directions of an operation lever in six directions with an interval of 60 degrees.

4. A robot, comprising the cart of claim 1 as a drive portion, and a joystick-type operating device provided with a handle so as to be coaxial with an operation lever beneath the pedestal of the joystick or in such manner as to contact the operation lever using the pedestal as a base point.

5. A robot, comprising the cart of claim 1 as a drive portion, and a joystick-type operating device in which an operation lever includes one or more of switches of a right-turn switch, a left-turn switch, a kick switch, an arm portion operation switch, and the like.