Toy building block robot and main control box thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9889388-B2
Application number	US-201615396381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2016
Priority date	Mar 24, 2016
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

A toy building block robot and a main control box thereof are disclosed. The main control box comprises a toy building-block robot main control housing, a toy building-block robot main control board, and a battery. The toy building-block robot main control board is installed in the toy building-block robot main control housing. The battery is connected to the toy building-block robot main control board, so as to supply power to the toy building-block robot main control board. A plurality of connection mechanisms are disposed on the toy building-block robot main control housing for engaging the toy building-block robot main control housing with other components of the toy building block robot. In the present disclosure, whether the assembly of the components in the main control box, or the engagement between the main control box and other components of the toy building block robot, can both be realized through a connection mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A main control box for a toy building-block robot, comprising:
a toy building-block robot main control housing;
a toy building-block robot main control board; and
a battery;
wherein the toy building-block robot main control board is installed in the toy building-block robot main control housing, the battery is connected to the toy building-block robot main control board to supply power to the toy building-block robot main control board; a plurality of connection mechanisms are disposed on the toy building-block robot main control housing for engaging the toy building-block robot main control housing with other components of the toy building block robot;
wherein the connection mechanisms comprise at least one of:
a plurality of connecting portions disposed on an outer surface of the toy building-block robot main control housing, each of the connecting portions comprises a connection pillar and a connection plate, the connection plate is installed on the outer surface of the toy building-block robot main control housing through the connection pillar; the connection plate is configured to engage into a butting slot on a building block of the toy building block robot, so as to couple the main control box with the building block, or configured to engage into a butting slot on a servo of the toy building block robot, so as to couple the main control box with the servo; the connection pillar has one or more limit grooves or one or more limit protrudes formed thereon, for matching with one or more limit protrudes or one or more limit grooves formed on the butting slot;
a plurality of connection pin holes disposed on the toy building-block robot main control housing for engaging with the component of the toy building block robot through a bearing pin; and
a slot disposed on an outer surface of the toy building-block robot main control housing for engaging with the battery, wherein the toy building-block robot main control board further comprises power terminals, and the battery comprises electrodes, the power terminals on the toy building-block robot main control board are exposed within the slot; the battery is inserted into the slot, the electrodes on the battery are coupled with the power terminals on the toy building-block robot main control board.

2. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein the connection plate has a square shape, four limit grooves or four limit protrudes are uniformly distributed on the connection pillar, each of the limit grooves or the limit protrudes is disposed in alignment with the center of each side of the connection plate.

3. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein a chamfer is disposed on a junction between the connection pillar and the connection plate.

4. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein a screw hole is formed in the connection plate and the connection pillar, such that the connecting portion is fixed on the outer surface of the toy building-block robot main control housing by inserting a screw into the screw hole.

5. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein direction symbols are disposed on a top surface of the connection plate.

6. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein the toy building-block robot main control housing comprises a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a back face, a left face, and a right face, the plurality of connecting portions are respectively installed on the bottom face and the back face of the toy building-block robot main control housing.

7. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein the toy building-block robot main control housing comprises a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a back face, a left face, and a right face, the plurality of connection pin holes are respectively disposed on the left face and the right face of the toy building-block robot main control housing.

8. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein the toy building-block robot main control housing comprises a bottom housing and a top housing, an accommodation space is formed between the bottom housing and the top housing, the toy building-block robot main control board is installed within the accommodation space;
the slot is formed on the top housing and has a truck-type concave shape, the slot is confined by a bottom side, a left side, a back side, and a right side.

9. The main control box of claim 8 , wherein the connection mechanism further comprises one or more engagement holes disposed in the slot, one or more protrudes are disposed on the battery, the protrude is engaged in the engagement hole.

10. The main control box of claim 8 , wherein a power hole is disposed on the slot, the power terminals of the toy building-block robot main control board are within the power hole;
the battery comprises a battery case and an electric core disposed in the battery case, the electric core has positive and negative electrodes an electrode hole corresponding to the power hole is formed on the battery case, the electrodes of the electric core are within the electrode hole.

11. The main control box of claim 10 , wherein a step portion is disposed on a front opening of the slot; a protrude portion is disposed on the battery, the protrude portion is assembled within the step portion correspondingly;
the connection mechanism further comprises at least one connecting recess disposed on the step portion, at least one connecting hole is correspondingly disposed on the protrude portion, the battery is fixed within the slot through assembling an assembly part in the connecting recess and the connecting hole.

12. The main control box of claim 11 , wherein the assembly part is a bearing pin formed by transparent material, at least one indicator light is disposed on the toy building-block robot main control board, the light of the at least one indicator light is capable of passing through the bearing pin formed by the transparent material.

13. The main control box of claim 1 , wherein at least one first port is disposed on the main control box, the main control box is coupled with a switch box through a data cable coupled with the first port, a power switch for controlling the on/off of the main control box is disposed on the switch box.

14. The main control box of claim 13 , wherein the switch box comprises a switch-box housing and a switch control board in the switch-box housing, a second port and the power switch are disposed on the switch control board;
a port hole is disposed on the switch-box housing, the second port on the switch control board is exposed from the port hole; a power hole is disposed on the switch-box housing, the power switch is exposed from the power hole.

15. The main control box of claim 14 , wherein the connection mechanism comprises a plurality of connection pin holes disposed on the toy building-block robot main control housing for engaging with the component of the toy building block robot through a bearing pin;
a plurality of fix pin holes are disposed on the switch-box housing, the fix pin holes are used to install the switch box on the main control box through the bearing pin, or install the switch box on the building block or the decoration component through the bearing pin.

16. The main control box of claim 15 , wherein the switch-box housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing, the switch control board is installed within a space formed between the upper housing and the lower housing;
a plurality of upper pin holes are disposed on the upper housing, a plurality of lower pin holes are correspondingly disposed on the lower housing, one upper pin hole and one lower pin hole are assembled to form one fix pin h

Assignees

• Ubtech Robotics Corp

Inventors

• Liu Lefeng
• Wu Yumiao
• Xing Dingkai

Classifications

• A63H13/00

  Toy figures with self-moving parts, with or without movement of the toy as a whole · CPC title

• A63H33/26

  Magnetic or electric toys (electric drives A63H29/22 {; indoor games played with small balls using magnetic power A63F7/0088, A63F7/068}) · CPC title

• A63H33/084

  with grooves (dovetails A63H33/082) · CPC title

• A63H11/00

  Self-movable toy figures · CPC title

• A63H33/042 Primary

  Mechanical, electrical, optical, pneumatic or hydraulic arrangements; Motors · CPC title