AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING GEAR BOX ASSEMBLY

• Main Authors: FRITZINGER, DANIEL D, HALL, CRAIG R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.11.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; CHUTES; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GAMES; GEARING; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROCKING-HORSES; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT; SPORTS; SWINGS; SWITCHBACKS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A gear box assembly for automatically engaging and disengaging an output gea r (60) which is non-rotatably concentrically mounted on a driven axle shaft (3 2) attached to plural wheels (34, 36) in a children's ride-on toy is described. The assembly includes an electric motor (56) with a pinon (...