SIMULATION DOG TAIL SWINGING INSTALLMENT

• US 20110003528A1
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Published: 01/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tsui King Lam
• Original Assignee: Tsui King Lam
• Inventors: LAM, TSUI KING
• Granted Patent: US 8,272,918 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/330
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/20 with parts moved due to movements of other parts, e.g. limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/48 Mounting of parts within dolls, e.g. automatic eyes or parts for animation self-moving A63H13/00

Abstract

A simulation tail swinging installment includes a base plate, an electromagnetic coil disposed on the base plate, a battery module configured for supplying power to the electromagnetic coil, and a control circuit coupled to the battery module. The simulation tail swinging installment further includes a furcated component having two arms disposed with respect to the electromagnetic coil, with the two arms located on opposite sides of the electromagnetic coil, respectively. Each of the arms includes a permanent magnet positioned in correspondence with the electromagnetic coil. The furcated component is mounted to the base plate through a pivot connected to the base plate. A first driving cable and a second driving cable are attached to the two arms, respectively. The first driving cable and the second driving cable extend through and along two side portions of a simulation tail and secured to a distal end of the simulation tail.

Claims

1. A simulation tail swinging installment comprising:

a base plate;

an electromagnetic coil disposed on the base plate;

a battery module configured for supplying power to the electromagnetic coil;

a control circuit coupled to the battery module;

a furcated component having two arms disposed with respect to the electromagnetic coil, with the two arms located on opposite sides of the electromagnetic coil, respectively, each of the arms comprising a permanent magnet positioned in correspondence with the electromagnetic coil, the furcated component being pivotably mounted to the base plate;

a first driving cable and a second driving cable attached to the two arms, respectively, the first driving cable and the second driving cable extending through and along two side portions of a simulation tail and secured to a distal end of the simulation tail.

2. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 1 further comprising a pulley disposed along a path of the first driving cable for guiding the first driving cable.

3. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 1, wherein the simulation tail comprises a plurality of articulated members, each of the articulated members forming cable holes for allowing the first and second driving cables to extend therethrough.

4. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 1, wherein the battery module is a solar battery module.

5. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is one of a battery positive-negative polarity inverting switch and a battery positive-negative polarity inverting circuit.

6. A simulation tail swinging installment for swinging a simulation tail comprising a plurality of articulated members, the swinging installment comprising:

a battery module;

electromagnetic coils disposed at opposite sides of the articulated members;

iron members disposed at joints of the articulated members;

a control circuit configured to control the battery module to selectively supply power to electromagnetic coils at only one of the opposite sides of the articulated members at a time thus causing a swinging activity of the simulation tail.

7. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 6, wherein the battery module is a solar battery module.

8. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 6, wherein the iron members and the electronic coils are arranged alternately along the simulation tail.

9. The simulation tail swinging installment of the claim 6, wherein holes are formed through the articulated members on which the electromagnetic coils are disposed, and the battery module comprises wires extending through the holes to supply the power to the electromagnetic coils.

10. A simulation tail swinging installment comprising:

a magnetically interactable module;

an electromagnetic module disposed with respect to the magnetically interactable module;

at least one of the magnetically interactable module and the electromagnetic module being connected with a simulation tail for driving the simulation tail to swing when the magnetically interactable module magnetically interacts with the electromagnetic module;

a battery module configured to supply power to the electromagnetic module to cause interaction between the magnetically interactable module and the electromagnetic module, wherein the battery module is configured to selectively supply power to the electromagnetic module in a first mode in which the interaction between the magnetically interactable module and the electromagnetic module causes the simulation tail to swing in a first direction, and a second power mode in which the interaction between the magnetically interactable module and the electromagnetic module causes the simulation tail to swing in a second opposite direction.

11. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 10, wherein the magnetically interactable module comprises a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet, the first permanent magnet is configured to drive the simulation tail through a first driving cable, and the second permanent magnet is configured to drive the simulation through a second driving cable.

12. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 11, wherein the first and second permanent magnets are disposed on two movable arms, and the pivotable arms are disposed on opposite sides of the electromagnetic module and movable with respect to the electromagnetic module.

13. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 11, wherein the first driving cable extends through and along one side portion of the simulation tail and is secured to a distal end of the simulation tail, and the second driving cable extends through and along an opposite side portion of the simulation tail and is secured to the distal end of the simulation tail.

14. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 13, wherein each of the articulated members has cable holes for allowing the first and second driving cables to pass therethrough.

15. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 11, wherein the electromagnetic module comprises an electromagnetic coil configured to repulse one of the first and second permanent magnets while attracting the other of the first and second permanent magnets when the electromagnetic coil is energized.

16. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 11, wherein the simulation tail comprises a plurality of articulated members, the magnetically interactable module comprises a plurality of magnetic conductive members disposed at joints of the articulated members, and the electromagnetic module comprises a plurality of electromagnetic coils disposed on opposite sides of the articulated members.

17. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 16, wherein the magnetic conductive members and the electromagnetic coils are arranged alternately along the simulation tail.

18. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 16, wherein only the electromagnetic coils at one side of the simulation tail are energized in the first power mode, and only the electromagnetic coils at the other side of the simulation tail are energized in the second power mode.

19. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 16, wherein each articulated member with the electromagnetic coil disposed thereon has a hole defined therethrough, and the battery module comprises a wire extending through the hole to supply the power to the corresponding electromagnetic coil.

20. The simulation tail swinging installment of claim 10 further comprising a control circuit coupled to the battery module for controlling the first and second power modes.