Adjustable Auxiliary Wheels for Versatile Toy Track Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional traveling toys and tracks face design limitations, assembly complexity, and storage challenges due to fixed auxiliary wheels and bulky track configurations, making them inconvenient to use and disassemble.
Innovation Solution
A traveling toy with adjustable auxiliary wheels that can change positions to accommodate different track types, allowing for versatile track use, easy assembly, and compact storage, featuring separable toy bodies, magnetic attachments, and a switch mechanism for power control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If auxiliary wheels are fixed to the front and rear sides of the toy, then the toy can travel along the track, but the configuration design is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary wheels are made movable relative to the toy body through a sliding mechanism. The wheels can be positioned at different locations along the longitudinal axis of the toy body, allowing the toy to adapt to different track configurations (straight tracks, curved tracks, and complex multi-loop tracks) while maintaining reliable track following capability
2Reliability
If auxiliary wheels are exposed to the outside of the racing toy, then the toy can guide along the track, but the track size becomes large
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary wheels are retractable and can be stored within cavities in the toy body when not in use. During track following, the wheels extend outward to contact the track. This nesting mechanism allows the toy to maintain compact dimensions for small track areas while still providing the necessary track guiding capability when needed
3Ease of operation
If the racing track is formed by connecting multiple blocks, then the track can be assembled, but the volume is relatively increased
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple track blocks are designed with interlocking structures that allow them to be joined together to form continuous tracks. The blocks can be connected in series to create tracks of various lengths and configurations, enabling easy assembly and disassembly while maintaining a compact overall volume when stored
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple blocks are assembled to form the track, then the track can be configured, but it is inconvenient to assemble and disassemble
Solution Approach 1:
The track is divided into multiple standardized modular blocks that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each block features connection interfaces that simplify the assembly process, allowing users to easily configure different track layouts by connecting and disconnecting individual blocks without complex tools or procedures
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AI summary
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a driving toy and a playing device using same, the driving toy being provided with auxiliary wheels for guiding the driving toy to travel along a track, and capable of travelling on various tracks by allowing the auxiliary wheels to be installed by changing the positions thereof according to the type of tracks.