Patent Grant
8893695
The present invention generally relates to toy or training guns, and especially relates to an electronic fire-control assembly for such a gun that can be quickly replaced.
There is a sizable market for toy guns as not only boys but also grown-ups would enjoy having a toy gun. The toy guns are of various varieties and types such as automatic, semi-automatic, single-shot, repeater, etc. There are also hand guns, rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, etc. These various varieties and types can fit the needs of hobbyists of all ages.
Structurally, a toy gun contains various parts and mechanisms, each for a specific purpose jointly working together. Taking an automatic rifle as example, its motor, ratchets, trigger, etc. have to work harmoniously. When a part or mechanism is out of order, the toy gun has to be disassembled and the outside parts or mechanisms have to be removed sequentially to reach and replace the broken one. These steps are tedious and usually a single small broken part would cause a lot of time and trouble. It is also not uncommon that the toy guns after being dismantled cannot be put back together.
A major objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic fire-control assembly that can control the mode, times, and the on/off of the trigger so as to achieve firing modes such as single-shot, single-shot-repeated-firing, repeated-firing, and having safety on. The electronic fire-control assembly can also detect whether there are bullets in the magazine or whether the magazine is plugged, so as to enhance the operation experience of the toy gun or training gun. A magazine detection module, a shot selection module, and a trigger on/off module are all housed in the electronic fire-control assembly. When one of the functions breaks down, a user just replaces the electronic fire-control assembly, instead of spending time and effort to inspect, disassemble, and re-assemble the toy gun.
To achieve the objective, a toy gun according to the present invention contains a power element electrically connected with a driver element and an electronic fire-control assembly. The electronic fire-control assembly turns on or off the driver element, which in turn engages or disengages a gear set. The electronic fire-control assembly also detects the presence of a magazine and responds accordingly. The toy gun also contains a trigger and a power conversion board electrically connected with the power element, the driver element, and the fire-control assembly. When the trigger is pulled, the electronic fire-control assembly is activated. The electronic fire-control assembly notifies the power conversion board which controls the power element to provide electricity to the driver element. The driver element engages the gear set to conduct firing. When there is no bullet in the magazine or the magazine is not plugged, the electronic fire-control assembly would detect the situation and turns off the power provision.
Through the invention, the problems of the prior arts that the toy gun has to be disassembled in great effort, inspected to find out the broken part, and that putting the gun back together would also encounter trouble are obviated.
The foregoing objectives and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
The following descriptions are exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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The electronic fire-control assembly 2 is housed in an enclosure and contains a signal conversion board 21, at least a microprocessor 22 configured on the signal conversion board 21 which provides electricity to the microprocessor 22, at least a magazine detection module 23 configured in the microprocessor 22 for detecting the state of the magazine 13 and responding accordingly, at least a shot selection module 24 configured in the microprocessor 22, and a trigger on/off module 25 data-linked with the shot selection module 24 for interacting with the trigger 11.
The operation of the toy gun 1 is described as follows along with
The present invention has the following advantages.
Firstly, the electronic fire-control assembly 2 can control the shots fired and the on/off of the trigger 11. The electronic fire-control assembly 2 can also detect whether there are bullets in the magazine 13 or whether the magazine 13 is plugged, so as to enhance the operation experience of the toy gun or training gun. The magazine detection module 23, the shot selection module 24, and the trigger on/off module 25 are all housed in the electronic fire-control assembly 2. When one of the functions breaks down, a user just replaces the electronic fire-control assembly 2, instead of spending time and effort to inspect, disassemble, and re-assemble the toy gun.
Secondly, the electronic fire-control assembly 2 provides multiple operation modes such as single-shot, single-shot-repeated-firing, repeated-firing, and having safety on.
Thirdly, simply through the trough and tenon, the electronic fire-control assembly 2 is locked in the toy gun. The signal conversion board is placed on the bottom near the front of the gear set, and can be easily connected with the power conversion board, power element, driver element. Its assembly and disassembly can be achieved without tools and by ordinary users.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
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| Number | Date | Country | |
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| 20140051328 A1 | Feb 2014 | US |
