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US 12,465,872 · App. 19/221,405 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism and electric toy

Inventor: Shaoqing Lin (Shantou, CN)
A63H33/22A63H29/22H02K7/116
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Patent No.
US 12,465,872
App. No.
19/221,405
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism and an electric toy are provided. The electric toy includes a multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism. In terms of the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism, on one hand, by means of engagement between a sun gear and a planetary gear, all execution units are ensured to rotate synchronously based on a preset proportion, thereby greatly improving consistency and accuracy of motion among execution units. Further, torque of a motor can be transferred to the sun gear by using the gear transmission component, and a single sun gear can drive a plurality of planetary gears to rotate at the same time, so that the plurality of execution units rotate relative to a support without using a plurality of transmission structures or a plurality of transmission shafts. In this way, the present disclosure may have excellent structural flexibility and lower manufacturing costs.

Claims (27)

1 . A multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism, comprising:

a housing;

a motor, disposed on the housing;

a gear transmission component, driven and connected to the motor; and

a multi-stage execution component, comprising a support, a sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears, and a plurality of execution units, wherein the support is disposed on the housing, the sun gear and each of the planetary gears are rotatably disposed on the support, respectively, each of the execution units is connected to each of the planetary gears in a one-to-one correspondence, the sun gear is driven and connected to the gear transmission component, and each of the planetary gears is engaged with the sun gear, respectively; wherein

the motor drives the sun gear to rotate by using the gear transmission component, so that the sun gear drives each of the planet gears to rotate, thereby driving each of the execution units to rotate relative to the housing;

wherein each of the execution units comprises an insertion post, a stop plate, and a free arm that are connected in sequence, the planetary gear is sleeved on the insertion post, the free arm is penetrated in the support, and the stop plate movably abuts against the support;

wherein the execution unit further comprises a stop post, a stop slot is disposed on the planetary gear, the stop post is disposed between the insertion post and the stop plate, and the stop slot is adapted to the stop post.

2 . The multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein each of the free arms is provided with at least one torsional position.

3 . An electric toy, wherein the electric toy comprises the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 2 , and the electric toy further comprises several light emitting parts, wherein each of the light emitting parts is located in the housing and correspondingly disposed in the support.

4 . The multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein an alignment notch is disposed on each of the stop slots at a same position;

an alignment protrusion is disposed on each of the stop posts, set positions and set orientations of the alignment protrusions on the stop unit are the same, and the alignment protrusion is detachably inserted in the alignment notch.

5 . The multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein several alignment marks are disposed on the sun gear in a peripheral direction, the alignment marks are distributed at an equal distance, and each of the alignment marks is in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the alignment protrusions.

6 . An electric toy, wherein the electric toy comprises the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 5 , and the electric toy further comprises several light emitting parts, wherein each of the light emitting parts is located in the housing and correspondingly disposed in the support.

7 . An electric toy, wherein the electric toy comprises the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 4 , and the electric toy further comprises several light emitting parts, wherein each of the light emitting parts is located in the housing and correspondingly disposed in the support.

8 . The multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the support comprises a base and an upper cover, an installation hole and several through holes are disposed on the base, and a connecting hole and several avoidance holes are disposed on the upper cover; and

the base is connected to the upper cover, an accommodation interval is disposed between the base and the upper cover, both the sun gear and each of the planetary gears are located in the accommodation interval, the sun gear is disposed in the installation hole, each of the free arms is disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the through holes, each of the insertion posts is disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the avoidance holes, and at least a part of the sun gear is exposed in the connecting hole for connection with the gear transmission component.

9 . The multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein the gear transmission component comprises a torque gear, a torque transmission post is disposed on the torque gear, and the torque gear is driven and connected to the motor; and

a central post is disposed on the sun gear, and a torque slot is disposed at an end of the central post;

the central post is penetrated in the connecting hole, the torque transmission post is detachably inserted in the torque slot, and when the torque gear is driven by the motor to rotate, the torque transmission post drives the central post to rotate, so that the sun gear rotates.

10 . The multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 9 , wherein the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism further comprises an installation rack, and the motor is disposed on the installation rack; and

the gear transmission component further comprises a worm and a plurality of transmission gears, each of the transmission gears is rotatably disposed on the installation rack, respectively, the motor is driven and connected to the worm, each of the transmission gears is engaged in sequence, and one of the transmission gears is engaged with the worm; wherein

when the installation rack is assembled in aligned and assembled with the support, the installation rack drives another of the transmission gears to be engaged with the torque gear.

11 . An electric toy, wherein the electric toy comprises the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 10 , and the electric toy further comprises several light emitting parts, wherein each of the light emitting parts is located in the housing and correspondingly disposed in the support.

12 . An electric toy, wherein the electric toy comprises the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 9 , and the electric toy further comprises several light emitting parts, wherein each of the light emitting parts is located in the housing and correspondingly disposed in the support.

13 . An electric toy, wherein the electric toy comprises the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 8 , and the electric toy further comprises several light emitting parts, wherein each of the light emitting parts is located in the housing and correspondingly disposed in the support.

14 . An electric toy, wherein the electric toy comprises the multi-stage synchronous driving mechanism according to claim 1 , and the electric toy further comprises several light emitting parts, wherein each of the light emitting parts is located in the housing and correspondingly disposed in the support.

Priority Claims (1)
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