Abstract: A collapsed steering and control mechanism for pop-up toy vehicles which mechanism is immediately operational after being popped up.

Abstract: A steering mechanism and associated gearbox is disclosed for a toy car or other small motorized vehicle. The steering mechanism comprises a steering arm, collar, return spring and an alignment adjustor. These components are externally mounted on a gear box and motor that allow remote control of the steering mechanism, and the wheels controlled by the steering mechanism.

Abstract: A model motorcycle race track system is provided including a race track and a plurality of carriage assemblies slidable along the track. A plurality of miniature motorcycles are each mounted on one of the carriage assemblies for being moved around the track.

Abstract: A vehicle for electric toy and model trains with a freight car body, which is suspended in a free-floating fashion over overrunning inclinations at superstructures of the carriages passing through its bottom in such a manner, that the pivoting angle is positively controlled proportionally by the rotation of the carriages when passing through curves, in the case of a carriage, the superstructures and the freight car body being provided with curve grooves or suspension pins, which engage the curve grooves and are disposed horizontally and transversely to the longitudinal axis, and that the other carriage is not guided and is hooked in a self-aligning fashion to the freight car body.

Abstract: A steering control mechanism for a model vehicle, e.g. a small toy vehicle, includes an electromagnetic coil wound around the wheel shaft of one of the wheels of the toy vehicle. Adjacent and facing one end of this coil are provided one or more permanent magnets on the vehicle chassis. Current is selectively applied to the coil so as to cause the wheel shaft to rotate either towards one or the other pole of the permanent magnets. The mechanism also includes position sensing means which may provide a feedback control signal to a controller to provide for progressive turning of the wheels and/or to provide automatic centering of the wheels when it is desired for the vehicle to move in a straight line.

Abstract: This patent disclosure teaches a moving, vehicle toy having a hand operable selector knob that determines the direction of single guide wheel that is steered by the action of a pivotally mounted steering arm that is rotated by means of a lever arm that engages with any one of several cam surfaces of a powered cam shaft.

Abstract: Gyro stabilized remote controlled toy motorcycle having good stability and controllability without using ground contacting auxiliary wheels or the like. The motorcycle comprises a chassis supporting a fixed angle rear wheel drive and associated motor and a castered front wheel. A gyro wheel having an axis nominally parallel to the axis of the rear wheel is mounted in a gimbal with a vertical axis in the forward part of the chassis and connected to the front wheel fork and post to turn the front wheel responsive to the rotation of the gimbal relative to the chassis. The chassis further includes a radio receiver, battery power and a steering device, such as a motor and slip clutch for torquing the gyro wheel gimbal. To turn in a first direction the gyro gimbal is torqued in the opposite direction, initially causing the front wheel to also turn in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A ratchet mechanism includes an outer gear having a recess formed therein and an aperture for supporting the gear upon a shaft. The outer wall of the recess defines a plurality of angled facets forming a saw-tooth configuration. A ratchet pawl includes a pair of opposed resilient spring tabs which engage the angled facet saw-tooth combination in one direction of rotation while disengaging in the opposite direction. A second gear is secured to the ratchet pawl and defines an aperture for rotational support upon a shaft. A frame supports the ratchet mechanism in engagement with a pivotally supported drive arm. The drive arm includes a gear segment having a plurality of gear teeth engaging one of the gears of the ratchet mechanism. The drive arm further includes a coupling flange at the opposite end from the gear segment which is securable to a source of reciprocating power. A bevel gear engages the remaining gear of the ratchet mechanism and is rotatably supported upon the frame by a driven shaft.

Abstract: A toy vehicle having a rigid chassis, a steering control mechanism, and first and second wheels which are controllable by the steering control mechanism to steer a vehicle. A cam and step arrangement selectively redistributes the effective weight acting on first and second wheels so as to increase the relative effective weight on the one of the first and second wheels on the side of the vehicle to which the vehicle is desired to turn.

Abstract: A toy car including a casing mounted inside the car body to hold a driving mechanism and a transmission mechanism, a steering wheel assembly mounted in a circular opening on the chassis and coupled to the transmission mechanism, a battery power supply mounted on the chassis, a stop member mounted on the chassis, a link coupled between an upright shaft on the steering wheel assembly and the transmission mechanism and having a front downward rod, a slide having one end coupled to the link and an opposite end terminating in two retainer arms engaging the stop member, and a switch disposed in a side opening on the slide, wherein when the toy car is depressed by the player against the ground, the steering wheel assembly is lifted to tilt the link, causing the front downward rod of the link forced into a locating hole on the slide for permitting the slide to be moved by the link to switch off the switch in cutting off battery power supply from the driving mechanism.

Abstract: An improved steering mechanism for toy vehicles is disclosed wherein an operator merely pushes downwardly on one lateral side of the vehicle, and the vehicle is caused to turn to that side. The invention incorporates a simplified steering system, wherein an elongate member rotates with the vehicle cab, or at least a section of the vehicle cab, and causes the front wheels to move to a location such that the vehicle will turn in the desired direction.

Abstract: Suspension systems (10; 42; 8) operate independently of each other on opposite sides of a vehicle toy. The systems have their road wheels move up and down substantially without any inclination of these wheels, and are simple in construction. Each suspension system has an upright member (16) on which the wheel axle (13) is fixedly mounted, an upright holder (18) for holding the upright member (16) so as to permit it to be rotatable in a steering operation, a rod (22) having its lower portion fixedly mounted to the holder (18) and its upper portion guided in a guide (24) formed in an upper portion of the body, and a compression spring (26) interposed between the holder (18) and the guide (24). A swing arm (20) has one end pivotally connected to the body and the other end pivotally connected to the holder (18). The upright member (16) and the upright holder (18) may be integrally formed as a support (82) rotatably mounted on the lower portion of the rod.

Abstract: An improved steering mechanism for toy vehicles is disclosed wherein an operator merely pushes downwardly on one lateral side of the vehicle, and the vehicle is caused to turn to that side. The invention incorporates a simplified steering system, wherein an elongate member rotates with the vehicle cab, and causes the front wheels to move to a location such that the vehicle will turn in the desired direction.

Abstract: A steering device for an automotive vehicle toy comprises a motor to be driven by a remote control operation, a steering mechanism having a return spring for biasing steering wheels into a neutral position, and a clutch for transmitting a driving force of the electric motor to the steering mechanism against the return spring. The clutch includes a holding disc, clutch elements engageable with the holding disc such that the clutch elements can be moved in a radial direction of the holding disc by a centrifugal force, and an outer cylindrical member concentrically accommodating the holding disc and the clutch elements in it, and firmly secured to the mechanical reduction gear. A plurality of engaging groove portions are formed in the holding disc at equal spaces through a partition wall.

Abstract: A steering mechanism for toy building sets, such as toy vehicles, and of the type comprising a rack means and a pinion cooperating with it. In connection with various possible positions of the rack means and likewise with a view to selective positioning of the pinion cooperating with it, the toothed region of the rack means is provided wholly or partly around the longitudinal axis of the rack means, the rack means being integral with a pair of steering rods which are provided with coupling means.

Abstract: A steering device for a toy car has a steering system tie rod carrying, at opposing ends thereof, respective spindles adapted to support steerable wheels. Accordion-shaped springs are connected between the ends of the steering system tie rod and the corresponding spindles.

Abstract: A toy vehicle travels on the surface of a travel board, following a path of magnetically attractive material. The toy vehicle has a single drive wheel located centrally on the bottom of the vehicle's body. The center of gravity of the vehicle resides substantially over the single drive wheel so that the vehicle is balanced. A magnet located in the front of the vehicle is attracted to the magnetic path on the travel board. The magnetic attraction directly steers the vehicle about the central drive wheel along the path.

Abstract: A direction-converting device for a remote-controlled toy is disclosed wherein a rotor shaft is supported between the opposite contact faces of coil bobbins of an equally divided electromagnetic coil, said each bobbin accommodating a rotor magnet rotatably in a hollow inside and being wound in parallel with the rotor shaft in multiple turns with coils to form an electromagnetic coil assembly, and said rotor shaft at its one end communicating through a crank with a controlling element for shifting the direction so as to allow the electromagnetic coil to control the magnetic polarity of the rotor magnet by means of a remote control system.

Abstract: A steering mechanism for a radio controlled device that employs a solenoid coil and is insensitive to frequency flucuations in a control signal. The steering mechanism includes opposing poles of a permanent magnet and a solenoid coil positioned equidistant between the poles so as to be pivotable to positions opposing each of the individual poles.

Abstract: A steerable wheeled toy in which each of a set of rear wheels is independently rotatable about a fixed axis in a toy body to provide effective differential movement in which each of a set of front wheels is caster mounted, the front wheels being connected together through a tie rod for co-ordinated follower action and in which a steering column is centrally connected adjacent the rear wheels and has a portion adjacent the body which is flexible but transmits torque to accurately simulate the driving and steering movements of a full size vehicle.

Abstract: A direction-converting device for a toy car is disclosed, in which the toy car is provided with an electromagnet having an exciting iron core with its opposite sides being energizable to different polarities and a magnet having opposite end faces with different polarities, in which one core portion of the electromagnet at its free end has a width equal to or larger than a width of the opposed end of the magnet, and in which the electromagnet or the magnet is fixed to one end of a controlling element which in turn is arranged at a middle portion of a steering element. The one core portion of the electromagnet may be divided into two portions, between which is arranged another magnet.Thus, the device ensures a neutral position of the steering element reliably in the deenergized state of the electromagnet.