Toy car

• US 6,547,634 B1
• Filed: 05/13/2002
• Issued: 04/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Far Great Plastics Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Far Great Plastics Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Ting-Hsing
• Primary Examiner(s): Banks, Derris H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, JAMILA O
• Application Number:
  US10/142,825
• Time in Patent Office: 337 Days
• Field of Search: 446/462, 446/440, 446/485, 446/438, 446/463-465, 446/129, 446/330, 446/353, 446/352, 446/358
• US Class Current: 446/462
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/28 Electric lighting systems
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 29/02 Clockwork mechanisms

Abstract

A toy car includes a car body, a transmission box and a generator device, the generator device has an inductive coil sleeved on a transmission shaft extending outward from the transmission box, and a magnet sleeved on the transmission shaft with respect to the inductive coil. When the transmission shaft rotates, the magnet and the inductive coil are in an opposition movement, which generates electric power to supply load, such as bulbs to produce a lighting effect.

Claims

1. A toy car comprising

a car body having a recess therein, a pair of holes for a pair of transmission shafts to seat therein, said car body further comprising wheels at respective sides and headlights and taillights,

a transmission box being formed by a pair of semi-boxes, and to be seated in said recess of said body, said transmission box comprising a spindle with a handle at one end, a spring plate and a ratchet gear sleeved on said spindle, said ratchet gear meshing with a transmission gear having a single direction gear therein, said transmission gear meshing with a gear set, said gear set meshing with a driven gear of a transmission shaft, both of said transmission shafts being secured with said wheels at respective ends, and being characterized in that,

a generator being secured to one side of said transmission box, having an inductive coil sleeved onto one end of said transmission shaft extending from said transmission box, said inductive coil having extending electric wires connected to said headlights and said taillights, a magnet relative to said inductive coil being sleeved on said transmission shaft.