Detachable axle

• US 9,833,724 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2016
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T.K. Chin Company Ltd.
• Original Assignee: T.K. Chin Company Ltd.
• Inventors: Chin, Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Application Number:
  US15/050,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20170189827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 446 93- 96, 446465, 446469, 446470
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/002 made of parts to be assembled
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/262 Chassis; Wheel mountings; Wheels; Axles; Suspensions; Fitting body portions to chassis
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/042 Mechanical, electrical, optical, pneumatic or hydraulic arrangements; Motors
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/08 provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails

Abstract

A detachable axle comprises an axial body, two engaging portions, and two pivoting portions. The two engaging portions are respectively formed on two axial ends of the axial body, each of the engaging portions has an engaging groove, and the engaging groove is radially formed on the engaging portion. The two pivoting portions are respectively formed on the two engaging portions and extend outwards from the engaging portions. In use, the detachable axle is engaged with a general building block by the two engaging portions. The two pivoting portions extend out of the two sides of the building block and wheels are mounted around the two pivoting portions, so the building block has a moving function. The axial body and the building block could be separated to make the building block become the general combining type. The versatility of the general building block is expanded without any limitation.

Claims

1. A detachable axle comprising:

an axial body;

two engaging portions respectively formed on two axial ends of the axial body, each engaging portion having

an engaging groove radially formed on the engaging portion;

a first abutting plate connected to the axial body and radially extending outwards from the axial body;

a second abutting plate connected to the axial body and radially extending outwards from the axial body;

wherein

the engaging groove of the engaging portion is radially formed between the first abutting plate and the second abutting plate; and

two pivoting portions respectively formed on the two engaging portions and axially extending outwards from the engaging portions, each pivoting portion being cylindrical.

2. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a radial extending length of the first abutting plate is longer than a radial extending length of the second abutting plate.

3. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 1, wherein

each one of the pivoting portions has

a compression groove axially formed on an end of the engaging portion;

and

two limiting blocks respectively formed on two opposite outer surfaces of the pivoting portion.

4. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 2, wherein

each one of the pivoting portions has

a compression groove axially formed on an end of the engaging portion;

and

two limiting blocks respectively formed on two opposite outer surfaces of the pivoting portion.

5. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 3, wherein each one of the pivoting portions has an obstructing block formed around the pivoting portion.

6. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 4, wherein each one of the pivoting portions has an obstructing block formed around the pivoting portion.

7. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detachable axle further has at least one connecting plate radially formed on the axial body.

8. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the detachable axle further has at least one connecting plate radially formed on the axial body.

9. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 7, wherein each one of the at least one connecting plate has an engaging hole.

10. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 8, wherein each one of the at least one connecting plate has an engaging hole.

11. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 9, wherein

each one of the at least one connecting plate has

multiple reserved holes formed through the connecting plate and communicating with the engaging hole, and an area of each reserved hole being smaller than an area of the engaging hole.

12. The detachable axle as claimed in claim 10, wherein

each one of the at least one connecting plate has

multiple reserved holes formed through the connecting plate and communicating with the engaging hole, and an area of each reserved hole being smaller than an area of the engaging hole.