Information
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Patent Grant
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6634662
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Patent Number
6,634,662
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Date Filed
Monday, July 15, 200221 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, October 21, 200320 years ago
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A driving shaft device of a toy twist car is disclosed. The toy twist car has a car body. A rear side of the car body has an idle wheel and a front end thereof is installed with a vertical driving shaft. A handle is installed and perpendicular to the driving shaft. A lower end of the driving shaft is vertically installed with a driving seat which is extended horizontally. A rear end of the driving seat is installed with two driving wheels at a right and left sides of the driving seat. The driving shaft is a rod body, an axial rod encloses the rod body. A lower and an upper ends of the rod body have outer threads. Surfaces of the rod body and axial rod are formed with buckling structures and a lower end of the axial rod is formed with a connecting shaft and a shoulder portion.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to toy twist car, and particularly to a driving shaft device of a toy twist car which has a preferred buckling effect.
Toy twist cars are swingable and thus are popular to children. However, the prior art twist cars have no firm structure. Especially the driving shaft of the twist car can not firmly secure the car body so that it is very possible that accidents occur as children drive it.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a driving shaft device of a toy twist car. The toy twist car has a car body. A rear side of the car body has an idle wheel and a front end thereof is installed with a vertical driving shaft. A handle is installed and perpendicular to the driving shaft. A lower end of the driving shaft is vertically installed with a driving seat which is extended horizontally. A rear end of the driving seat is installed with two driving wheels at a right and left sides of the driving seat.
The driving shaft is a rod body. An axial rod encloses the rod body. A lower and an upper ends of the rod body have outer threads. Surfaces of the rod body and axial rod are formed with buckling structures. A lower end of the axial rod is formed with a connecting shaft and a shoulder portion.
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a schematic view showing the driving shaft of a toy twist car.
FIG. 2
shows one way of using the driving shaft.
FIG. 3
shows another way of using the driving shaft.
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of the rod body of the present invention.
FIG. 5
is an assembled view of the present invention.
FIG. 6
shows one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7
shows another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8
shows a further embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9
shows another embodiment of the connecting shaft of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to
FIG. 1
, the toy twist car is illustrated. The toy twist car has a car body
1
so that a user can enter into the car. A rear side of the car has an idle wheel
15
and the front end thereof is installed with a vertical driving shaft
11
. A handle
12
is installed and perpendicular to the driving shaft
11
. A lower end of the driving shaft
11
is vertically installed with a driving seat
13
which is extended horizontally. The rear end of the driving seat
13
is installed with two driving wheels
14
at the right and left sides of the seat. By shaking the handle
12
, the driving seat
13
can swing along a cambered trace by driving the driving shaft
11
. By the driving wheels
14
at the two sides of the driving seat
13
, the car moves forwards. The toy twist car is a general used one and thus the moving principle will not be described here.
Referring to
FIG. 2
, the driving shaft
11
has a rod body
111
and a connecting shaft
116
extending from the rod body
111
. The driving shaft
11
is formed with a connecting shaft
116
at a position with respect to an axial hole
132
of the driving seat
13
. The driving shaft
11
is engaged to the driving seat
13
. A lower end of the connecting shaft
116
is installed with an outer thread
115
. The driving shaft
11
passes through the driving seat
13
and then passes through a washer
117
. Then a female screw
118
is used to lock a male thread extending from the distal end of the connecting shaft
116
. Thereby, the driving seat
13
is fixed with respect to the rod
111
.
A bearing
113
installed above the driving seat
13
is molded to the car body. In forming the driving shaft
11
, the connecting shaft
116
is firstly formed below the rod body
111
and then the outer thread is formed. The process is complex. The rod body is a solid body and is heavy.
The connecting shaft
116
is a straight round rod and thus it can not effectively firmly secured to the driving seat
13
. The connecting shaft
116
is possibly slid with respect to the axial hole
132
. With reference to
FIG. 3
, a shoulder portion
112
is formed at a lower side of the rod body
111
. A bearing
113
is formed above the shoulder portion
112
and a lower end thereof is formed with a taper shaft
114
with respect to a taper hole
131
. A female screw is used to lock the driving shaft
11
to the driving seat
13
. By the till surfaces of the taper shaft
114
and taper hole
131
, a firm combination can be formed. However, many processes are necessary to form the driving shaft
11
.
To easily form a driving shaft
11
, the other way for forming a driving shaft
11
is described hereinafter.
Referring to
FIG. 5
, a rod body
2
with a plurality of buckling grooves
25
are formed within an axial rod
3
. In manufacturing, the rod body
2
is firstly injected into the axial rod
3
. A lower end of the axial rod
3
is formed with a connecting shaft
31
directly and a shoulder portion
32
is formed above the connecting shaft
31
. A bearing
32
is placed above the shoulder portion
32
. Outer threads
21
are exposed from the two ends of the rod body
2
. The connecting shaft
31
can be engaged to the driving shaft
11
directly, as shown in FIG.
2
. Thereby, the manufacturing process is easy and the weight is light. The connecting shaft
32
is made of plastic material and the driving seat
13
is also made of plastics. Thereby, when the connecting shaft
32
is assembled with the driving seat
13
, the connection is firm. Moreover, the connecting shaft
32
has a desired elasticity, since it is formed by plastics. Thereby, the two can be assembled in force and has a preferred strength. A depth of the outer thread
21
can be increased. Moreover, a small section of the outer thread
21
can be enclosed within the axial rod
3
. When parts of the lower and upper outer threads
21
are enclosed within the axial rod
3
, the outer threads
21
are used to lock the rod body
2
and the axial rod
3
. The lock force can be directly transferred to the two ends of the axial rod
3
so that the lock force is uniformly distributed in the axial rod
3
.
With reference to
FIG. 6
, other than above-mentioned buckling grooves, the rod body
2
may have a wave-like shape
20
so that the rod body
2
and the axial rod
3
are firmly secured.
As shown in
FIG. 7
, a plurality of protruding particles
24
are formed on the surface of the rod body
2
so as to have a buckling effect in the axial rod
3
.
Referring to
FIG. 8
, a plurality of concave portions
22
are formed on the rod body
2
, while a plurality of wing portions
23
are formed due to the formation of the concave portions
22
. The concave portions
22
are helpful for the engagement of the rod body
2
and the axial rod
3
.
With reference to
FIG. 9
, another embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. In that, a taper shaft
35
is used to replaced the driving shaft
31
in
FIG. 8. A
longitudinal rack
34
is formed on the outer surface of the taper shaft
35
. This design is helpful for increasing the contact surface and buckling effect.
The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
Claims
- 1. A driving shaft device of a toy twist car; the toy twist car having a car body; a rear side of the car body having an idle wheel and a front end thereof being installed with a vertical driving shaft; a handle is installed and perpendicular to the driving shaft; a lower end of the driving shaft is vertically installed with a driving seat which is extended horizontally; a rear end of the driving seat is installed with two driving wheels at a right and left sides of the driving seat; characterized in that:the driving shaft is a rod body, an axial rod encloses the rod body; a lower and an upper ends of the rod body have outer threads; surfaces of the rod body and axial rod are formed with buckling structures; a lower end of the axial rod is formed with a connecting shaft and a shoulder portion.
- 2. The driving shaft device of a toy twist car as claimed in claim 1, wherein a surface of the rod body is formed with a wave-like structure.
- 3. The driving shaft device of a toy twist car as claimed in claim 1, wherein the surface of the rod body has a plurality of concave portions and wing portions so as to form the buckling structure.
- 4. The driving shaft device of a toy twist car as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of slots are formed on the surface of the rod body to be as the buckling structure.
- 5. The driving shaft device of a toy twist car as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of buckling grooves are formed on the surface of the rod body to be as the buckling structure.
- 6. The driving shaft device of a toy twist car as claimed in claim 5, wherein the connecting shaft has a tilt surface.
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