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Steering system and reversible drive for toy vehicles

  • US 4,508,516 A
  • Filed: 08/03/1983
  • Issued: 04/02/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A toy vehicle having a chassis supporting a pair of wheels respectively adjacent opposite ends, a pair of electric motors of reversible polarity supported by said chassis, drive means connected respectively between said motors and each wheel of at least one of said pairs of wheels, a portable battery source of electric energy, electric circuit means connecting said source of energy respectively to each of said motors, a first multi-pole direction control switch means in said circuit means having a switch lever movable in opposite directions and operable selectively to deliver electric current to said motors for forward or reverse driving of said vehicle, electric resistance means in said circuit connectable by a second multi-pole speed control switch means having a switch lever movable in opposite directions and selectively operable in said circuit to connect said resistance means in the circuit to one or the other of said motors to drive at least one wheel of said one of said pairs of motors slower than the other and thereby cause said vehicle to turn in one direction or the opposite direction depending upon the reversible setting of said speed control, and said source of electric energy and said first and second switch means being remote from said vehicle and connected thereto by a flexible circuit conduit, said circuit and switch means being further characterized by comprising a first circuit conduit extending commonly from one pole of each motor to a movable contact of said direction control switch, a neutral conduit between the other pole of a first motor and a first movable contact of the speed control switch;

  • a second conduit extending between the other pole of the second motor and a second movable contact of the speed control switch, a third conduit between one pole of said battery and a first fixed contact of said direction control switch, a fourth conduit between a second fixed contact of said direction control switch and the other pole of said battery, and a fifth conduit between a second movable contact of said direction control switch and a fixed contact of said speed control switch, whereby when the motors are in the stop mode, said first and second movable contacts of said direction control switch are in contact with said first fixed contact thereof and the first and second movable contacts of said speed control switch are in contact with the fixed contact of said speed control switch and said electric resistance means being connected between said neutral and second conduits where they are connected to said first and second movable contacts of said speed control switch.

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