Toy Top Rotatable Body Stepwise Strength Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toy tops require manual attachment and detachment of components to change offensive and defensive strengths, which is inconvenient and limits dynamic battle gameplay.
Innovation Solution
A toy top design featuring a rotatable body with radially extending extensions that stepwise adjust their positions relative to the shaft portion, altering defensive and offensive strengths during collisions, allowing for dynamic and continuous strength variation during gameplay.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the attachment is designed to change offensive and defensive strength by reversing position, then the offensive and defensive strength are changeable, but the change requires removing and remounting the attachment which is inconvenient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment is designed with a rotatable body structure where the second body part can rotate relative to the first body part, causing the second extensions to stepwise vary their positions relative to the first extensions. This dynamic configuration allows the offensive and defensive strength to change automatically during rotation without requiring manual removal and remounting of components.
2Reliability
If the second extensions are ejected to fill depressions creating a near-circular shape, then the defensive strength is enhanced, but the offensive strength is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment allows dynamic switching between defensive and offensive configurations through rotation. When the second extensions are ejected to fill depressions, the body achieves a near-circular shape that enhances defensive strength by parrying attacks. When the second extensions are moved behind the first extensions, large depressions create corner collisions that enhance offensive strength. This dynamic reconfiguration enables adaptive strength variation during battle games.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the main component rotates stepwise relative to the shaft portion during collision, then the offensive and defensive strength vary dynamically, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The body is segmented into a first body part and a second body part, where the second body part rotates relative to the first body part. This segmentation allows independent rotation of the second body part to achieve stepwise position variation of the second extensions, enabling dynamic strength adjustment while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular design.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances gameplay by providing adaptive offensive and defensive capabilities, allowing for exciting and varied battles without the need for manual adjustments, while maintaining stability and enhancing defensive strength during decoupling.
Implementation Method 1
a body including a main component which is rotatable relative to the shaft portion in response to an impact applied to the main component
Data Source
AI summary
A toy top includes a shaft portion and a body that includes a first body part which is rotatable relative to the shaft portion in response to an impact applied to the main component and a second body part which is rotatable relative to the first body part. First spaced extensions extend radially outward from a circumference of the first body. Second spaced extensions extend radially outward from a circumference of the second body. The second extensions stepwise vary their positions relative to the first extensions when the first body part rotates relative to the shaft portion. The second extensions move into the spaces between the first extensions when the first body part rotates relative to the second body part.