Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
446091000 | Including electrical feature or assembly | 32 |
20080220689 | Construction set for constructing a user-definable apparatus - A construction set for constructing a user-definable apparatus. for example a robot, is provided with one or more construction set components. The components may include components that are reconfigurable into other construction set components, and that have at least one demarcation defining adjacent segments thereof. The demarcations facilitate reconfiguration of the construction set components to produce other construction set components. The construction set may include an electromechanical drive assembly having an integrated speed control and operable to receive interchangeable. non-circular drive shafts. The electromechanical drive assembly may be configured to attach to and self-align relative to other construction set components. One or more of the components may be provided with openings through which the non-circular drive shafts may rotate. The drive shaft may be locked in relation to openings of components that allow the drive shaft to rotate via a lock plate. A bearing plate may also be included. | 09-11-2008 |
20090047863 | Illuminated Toy Building Structures - The present device is an illuminated building block device that mimics the look of a laser. The building block includes a non-opaque body comprising at least two mechanical connectors. At least two electrically independent conductors each traverse the body from each connector to each other connector. At least one LED is electrically connected to at least two of the electrical conductors. With at least two building blocks mechanically connected, a power source may be applied to one of the connectors of one of the building blocks to illuminate each LED. Preferably, the body of the building block is generally transparent and is capable of transmitting light from a colored LED to a connected block, thus mimicking the look of a laser. The invention also comprises a set of building blocks that permits light from an LED to pass from one connected block to an adjacent connected block. | 02-19-2009 |
20090305602 | Toy Building System - A toy building system comprising a plurality of building elements including one or more function building elements ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100248583 | POWER-DRIVEN CONSTRUCTION TOY ASSEMBLY WITH A TOUCH-CONTROL REMOTE CONTROLLER - A power-driven construction toy assembly includes a remote controller spaced apart from a movable brick assembly driven by electric power and including a transmitter transmitting a control signal corresponding to an input signal generated by a touch panel. A power supply unit includes a brick-like casing assembled detachably to the brick assembly and receiving a battery set therein, a receiver mounted on the casing for receiving the control signal from the transmitter, and a control circuit controlling, based on the control signal received by the receiver, electrical connection between the battery set and a socket unit mounted on the casing and connected electrically to the brick assembly such that the battery set supplies the electric power to the brick assembly through the control circuit and the socket unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20100311300 | TOY CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM - A toy construction system comprising a plurality of construction elements including one or more function construction elements for performing corresponding functions and including control connection means for communicating with one or more other construction elements; a data processing system providing a programming environment for generating one or more logic commands for controlling the one or more function elements; and an interface construction element comprising first connection means for providing a data-flow connection with the data processing system and for receiving said logic command from the data processing system, a processing unit adapted to convert said logic command into a control signal for controlling a function of said at least one function construction element, and second connection means for providing a control connection with the at least one function construction element via the control connection means of the function construction element, and for outputting the control signal. | 12-09-2010 |
20110021107 | TOY BUILDING BLOCK WITH EMBEDDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A toy building block of a type which may be interconnected with similarly configured blocks has a hollow box-shaped structure having a top with cylindrical stud coupling members, and sides which together with the top define a downwardly opening cavity into which the cylindrical studs of a like configured block may be inserted for frictional interconnection. One or more integrated circuit chips are embedded within the molding material of the block, and leads incorporated within the block studs and sides provide electrical interconnection between blocks when like configured blocks are brought into frictional interengagement. In a described embodiment, components of a digital video recording system are apportioned to different blocks which when interconnected provide the complete system functionality. | 01-27-2011 |
20110143629 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PATHS AND SAFETY CIRCUITS - A three-dimensional electro-mechanical system for making mechanical structures using snap-together parts or building blocks that easily demonstrate the principles required in making three-dimensional electronic circuits incorporated in the mechanical structures. A reusable electronic module that contains batteries or other power sources and has means for attaching to other electronic modules to power these three-dimensional circuits and prevent and warn the user of excessive current. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143630 | MODULAR TOY VEHICLE - A modular toy vehicle design having a universal mating system between the body of the vehicle and the chassis such that multiple body styles will interchangeably mate with multiple chassis designs and where electrical interfaces are automatically established between the body and the chassis simply by mating and aligning the two together. The design allows for an electrical connection to be made in the process of mechanically mating and aligning the body of a toy vehicle to its chassis thereby powering electronic features that are physically connected to the body with the power source which is housed in the chassis. When the body is properly aligned and mounted, the electrical interfaces are automatically established. There is no separate step of plugging together mating connectors where one connector extends from a wire bundle electrically interfacing with the body and the mating connector extends from a separate wire bundle electrically interfacing with the chassis. | 06-16-2011 |
20110151743 | TOY BUILDING SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION BRICKS - A toy building system comprising building elements with coupling means for releasably interconnecting building elements, the toy building system comprising function building elements with such coupling means and each having a function device adapted to perform a controllable function and an energy source for providing energy to the function device for performing the controllable function, each function building element comprising a light sensor for receiving visible light encoding a control signal; and a control circuit connected to the light sensor and to the function device and adapted to decode the received control signal and to control the controllable function responsive to the decoded control signal. | 06-23-2011 |
20110217898 | Lighted Toy Brick - A toy brick includes a housing adapted for releasable engagement to at least one other toy brick and having at least one translucent portion, at least one lighting device arranged inside the housing and adapted to generate light viewable through the at least one translucent portion, at least one battery arranged inside the housing and electrically connected to the at least one lighting device, and at least one switch arranged inside the housing and operable from outside the housing to illuminate the at least one lighting device. The at least one switch can be a motion-activated switch. | 09-08-2011 |
20110300772 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING BUILDING ELEMENT - A building element for a toy building set, comprising a body part | 12-08-2011 |
20120252307 | Light-Emitting Building Block Having Electricity Connection Unit and Power Supply Base for the Same - A building block includes a hollow brick and a power supply base. The brick has at least two studs extended from a top thereof, at least two tubes corresponding to the studs defined in a bottom thereof and at least two electricity connection units corresponding to the studs disposed therein. The electricity connection unit has a rod connected with a positive conducting member and a negative conducting member. A light member is connected with the positive and negative conducting members. A first positive contact and a second positive contact are respectively located at two ends of the positive conducting member, and a first negative contact and a second negative contact are respectively located at two ends of the negative conducting member. The light member generates light when the bricks are connected to each other by engaging the studs with the tubes. | 10-04-2012 |
20120329359 | POWERED TOY BUILDING STRUCTURES AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - A powered toy budding block includes a printed circuit board, at least a first electrical component mounted to the printed circuit board, at least a first electrical connector mounted to an edge of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the first electrical component, and a body defining a hollow interior cavity, and at least a first mechanical connector, the printed circuit board and the first electrical component being arranged in the hollow interior cavity with the first electrical connector extending into the first mechanical connector. The first electrical component can be a light emitting diode arranged over an opening in the printed circuit board. The first electrical component can also be a digital audio player, operable to play a digital audio file through a speaker arranged in the body. | 12-27-2012 |
20130029559 | MAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC TOY CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS AND ELEMENTS - Magnetic and electronic toy construction systems and elements are provided that include an assembly of at least two panels that have at least three magnets located around the perimeter of the panel such that the dipole axes of magnets in a single panel are coplanar and intersect to define a polygon. When attaching two adjacent panels, at least two ferromagnetic spheres are used such that the dipole axes of one magnet from each of the adjacent panels are collinear, and such that the dipole axes are collinear with the centers of the ferromagnetic spheres. In this manner, several panels configured in this way may be nested together to form great varieties of constructions. | 01-31-2013 |
20130072083 | Interactive play set - An interactive intelligent play set, method and apparatus, is disclosed which includes a principle toy, a plurality of action figures, and/or play accessories. An intelligent play set identifies and tracks action figures and/or play accessories used by a player during a play session, provides interactions based on the specific action figures, accessories, or combinations thereof, used by a player during game play, provides interactions based on the history of how a player has interacted with the set during previous play sessions, and/or enables a player to construct new interactions between the various play pieces of the play set, using basic interactions as building blocks. | 03-21-2013 |
20130109268 | Light-emitting Building Block Having Electricity Connection Unit | 05-02-2013 |
20130165012 | Versatile Robust Construction Toy - A cost effective, structural building set, suitable as a toy, uses post connectors ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130178129 | Toy Connector System - A toy connector system comprising a plurality of connectors | 07-11-2013 |
20140127965 | CONSTRUCTION TOY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTABLE BUILDING ELEMENTS, SET OF A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTABLE BUILDING ELEMENTS, AND METHOD TO CONTROL AND/OR MONITOR A CONSTRUCTION TOY - A construction includes a plurality of interconnectable building elements, the plurality of interconnectable building elements including a first building element and a second building element, the first and second building elements including a first and second coupling devices for releasably interconnecting the first and second building elements. The first building element is a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) functional building element. The PLMN functional building element includes: at least one of the first and second coupling devices; a radiofrequency transceiver module; and an identification module including or configured to receive at least one of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card or a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card. The radiofrequency transceiver module and the identification module are configured to attach the PLMN functional building element to a PLMN as a mobile device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140170928 | LAMP ADAPTER APPARATUS FOR USE WITH POWERED TOY BUILDING BLOCKS - A lamp adapter apparatus includes a socket mount, a first mechanical connector, and an alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) adapter. The socket mount has a mount housing that carries a socket connector. The socket connector is configured to be releasably secured to a bulb receptacle of a lamp and receive AC electrical power from the lamp. The AC/DC adapter is connected between the socket connector and the first mechanical connector and converts the AC electrical power supplied from the lamp into the DC electrical power. A powered toy building block is connectable to the first mechanical connector of the lamp adapter apparatus and thereby receives electrical power from the lamp. | 06-19-2014 |
20140273711 | MOBILE POWER SUPPLY FOR POWERED TOY BLOCKS AND RELATED APPARATUS - A mobile power station assembly for powered toy blocks includes a battery housing having first and second ends with battery contacts therein, first and second connectors arranged on the first and second ends, and a switch controlling electrical power application from the battery contacts to the first and second connectors. Toy building blocks attached to the first and second connectors can receive electrical power therefrom, and can include side extensions covering opposite sides of the battery housing. | 09-18-2014 |
20140302740 | TOY BUILDING BLOCK WITH EMBEDDED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A toy building block of a type which may be interconnected with similarly configured blocks has a hollow box-shaped structure having a top with cylindrical stud coupling members, and sides which together with the top define a downwardly opening cavity into which the cylindrical studs of a like configured block may be inserted for frictional interconnection. One or more integrated circuit chips are embedded within the molding material of the block, and leads incorporated within the block studs and sides provide electrical interconnection between blocks when like configured blocks are brought into frictional interengagement. In a described embodiment, components of a digital video recording system are apportioned to different blocks which when interconnected provide the complete system functionality. | 10-09-2014 |
20140349544 | Illuminable Building block - An illuminable building block is disclosed. The illuminable building block has a cell body, at least one circuit board, at least one illuminating device, at least one photo sensing device, at least one circuit control module, and at least one assembly portion. The cell body has an accommodating space, and the circuit board is located therein. The at least one illuminating device is disposed at the inner surface of the circuit board, and each photo sensing device corresponds to at least one illuminating device. The at least one circuit control module is used for illuminating the illuminating device. | 11-27-2014 |
20140378022 | GENERATION OF BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT MODELS - A toy construction system comprising a set of toy construction elements with coupling means for releasably interconnecting the toy construction elements; and a data processing system comprising image capturing means, processing means, and display means, wherein the data processing system is adapted to capture an image of a partial toy construction model constructed from a subset of the toy construction elements; process the captured image to detect at least a position and an orientation of the partial toy construction model; identify a user selection indicative of a user selection of at least one of a set of subsequent construction elements, each subsequent construction element being connectable to the partial toy construction model; responsive to the detected position and orientation of the partial toy construction model, display on said display means a composite image comprising the captured image having superimposed an image of at least the selected subsequent construction element. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378023 | TOY CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A toy construction system comprising toy construction elements, the toy construction elements comprising coupling means for releasably interconnecting the toy construction elements, comprising one or more marker construction elements comprising such coupling means and each having a visual appearance recognisable by an image processing means, and a data processing system comprising image capturing means, image processing means, and display means, wherein the data processing system is adapted to capture an image of a toy construction model constructed from the toy construction elements, to process the captured image to detect at least a presence of at least one of the marker construction elements within the captured image; responsive to the detected marker construction element, to generate a computer-generated image; and to display on said display means a composite image comprising the captured image having superimposed the generated computer-generated image. | 12-25-2014 |
20150072585 | SIMPLIFIED MODULARIZED CONTACT TYPE OF CONDUCTIVE BUILDING BLOCK - A simplified modularized contact type of conductive building block includes: a brick, at least one pair of conductive pieces, a circuit board and a base. The brick includes at least one pair of studs projected from a top thereof. The conductive piece has an insertion electrode and a connection electrode respectively disposed at two ends thereof and a contact electrode disposed between the insertion electrode and the connection electrode. The conductive pieces are inserted through the insertion through holes of the circuit board. The circuit board includes a positive electrode circuit and a negative electrode circuit respectively contacted with the at least one pair of the conductive pieces. The conductive pieces are further inserted through the through holes of the base. The circuit board and the base are fixed in the brick. | 03-12-2015 |
20150072586 | BLOCK TOY FOR MUSIC EDUCATION - Disclosed is a block toy for music education which recognizes combined melody blocks so as to replay sounds in order having the same pitch as the melody blocks, thereby playing a melody. The corresponding melody block is lit up to display a playing melody block while playing a melody. It is possible to differentiate each melody block by detecting, with a mechanical switch, uneven patterns formed at the lower sides of melody blocks. Since music can be visually understood, the block toy can help the emotion and music education of children. | 03-12-2015 |
20150104992 | PLAYTHING - A plaything including unit blocks connected to each other using a connection tube is provided. Each unit block includes a spherical capsule and a plurality of connection members protruding at regular angular intervals from the surface of the spherical capsule. A shock detector emitting light in response to an external shock is installed inside the unit block. When connecting the unit blocks, the connection members of different unit blocks are inserted into the same connection tube from opposite directions. A structure formed by only one unit block or by connecting two or more unit blocks may be used as an educational tool or a shaking tool shaken in a manner of jig fishing. | 04-16-2015 |
20150133023 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORY ASSEMBLY - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for assembling a story, which then may be played for a user, such as a child. In particular, an embodiment of the invention is directed to an audio or audio-visual story-telling system with functionality for seamlessly creating an entertaining, “customized” audio (or audio-visual) story for a user, using a variety of subject matter chosen by the user. In some embodiments, the system, which may be embodied as a child's toy, allows the user, such as a child, to select the subjects, themes, or other attributes of a story by arranging visual cues with images (including video or animated images) thereon to make up the parts of the story. Once selected or arranged, the user pushes play and the toy reads or plays a custom story to the user that includes their selected subjects and themes, in an embodiment. | 05-14-2015 |
20160101370 | INTERACTIVE LEARNING BLOCKS - Interactive blocks with sensors for collecting information about how tactile objects are interacted with and with one or more communication interface for sending the interaction data to one or more other device or platform for analyzing the interactivity, providing feedback to a user, and assessing manual ability and dexterousness, cognitive ability, memory and retention, providing challenges based on past performance, learning curve, etc. | 04-14-2016 |
20160175729 | Model House Kit Assembly | 06-23-2016 |
20160375370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED BUILDING BLOCK APPLICATIONS - A curvilinear tetrahedral enhanced building block may be formed. The block may include sigmoid or reverse sigmoid curve edges, and may include curved vertices. The shape various planes or vertices of the block may be selected or adjusted to exert a force against a surrounding viscous medium. The block may include a conductive element configured to generate an electrostatic field, and may include a magnetic element configured to generate a magnetic field. The block may be configured to conduct electricity to a surrounding dielectric fluid, and the block's generation of a magnetic field may induce magnetohydrodynamic motion within the dielectric fluid. | 12-29-2016 |