Model vehicle, particularly model railway vehicle
May 29, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesElectronic control system Remote control of electrical devices Simultaneous independent control system for electric motors Control unit for model vehicles Remote control apparatus for installation of electrical toy and circuit Model railroad cattle car sound effects Control circuit for model railroads Control of model vehicles on a track Patent #: 5749547 InventorApplicationNo. 865296 filed on 05/29/1997US Classes:318/39, Work and feed motors (e.g., indexing)246/4Cab signal or train controlExaminersPrimary: Salata, JonathanAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassB23Q 005/10Foreign Application Priority Data1996-06-03 ATAbstractA model vehicle such as a model railway vehicle includes a control and evaluation device located in the model vehicle, and a plurality of drive devices such as electric motors for moving the vehicle and for operating other movable components on the vehicle. A definable address is associated with the model vehicle, for example by being stored in a memory device connected to the control and evaluation device. The control and evaluation device includes or is connected to a switching network that is operable to selectably connect one of the drive devices to a regulating device in response to control signals from a central control unit. The regulating device is connected to a power supply and is operable to regulate the power supplied to the selected drive device in response to control signals from the central control unit. The control unit sends an address as part of its control signals, and the vehicle responds to the control signals if it has an address matching that sent by the control unit. Thus, a plurality of drive devices on a single vehicle can be selectively operated based on a single address unique to that vehicle.Field of SearchBATTERY-FED MOTOR SYSTEMSPLURAL, DIVERSE OR DIVERSELY CONTROLLED ELECTRIC MOTORS Work and feed motors (e.g., indexing) Central signal control Cab signal or train control Selective Train-order cab signal or train control Train telegraphy or telephony CAB SIGNAL OR TRAIN CONTROL Electric Remote control Speed-control systems Non-mechanical control of vehicles from wayside Visual cab signals Train mechanism Electric or magnetic Inductive Cab-circuit controller WITH MEANS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION RESPONSIVE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, MAGNETIC FORCE, OR SOUND WAVES RECEIVED FROM SOURCE, OR REFLECTED FROM OBJECT OR SURFACE, LOCATED APART FROM VEHICLE Endless track vehicle Reversing Remotely controlled Via conductor adjacent to vehicle path By radio signal Including intrinsic motive power means for propulsion And eccentric weight Elastomeric (e.g., rubber band) Steering vehicle Having lock for rotary motor or transmission Having instrinsic energy-storing battery or flywheel And clutch Flat spiral or torsion spring Wheeled vehicle Wheels vertically movable relative to chassis Railroad locomotive simulation Auxiliary function on car External car control Superimposed signal on same conductor Car-carried speed regulator Of multiple trains on same track | |
