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Patent US7210656 - Control, sound, and operating system for model trains - Google Patents
A model train operating, sound and control system that provides a user with increased operating realism. A novel remote control communication capability between the user and the model trains. This feature is accomplished by using a handheld remote control on which various commands may be entered, and...http://www.google.com/patents/US7210656?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7210656 - Control, sound, and operating system for model trains
Publication number US7210656 B2
Also published as US6457681, US6604641, US6619594, US6655640, US8262034, US20030001051, US20030006346, US20030015626, US20030019979, US20040079841, US20050023416, US20070164169, US20120199701, US20120199702
Publication number 10871045, 871045, US 7210656 B2, US 7210656B2, US-B2-7210656, US7210656 B2, US7210656B2
Inventors Michael Paul Wolf, David L. Krebiehl, Forrest S. Seitz, Stanley K. Sasaki
Patent Citations (103), Non-Patent Citations (42), Referenced by (44), Classifications (16), Legal Events (2)
US 7210656 B2
Returning to FIG. 7, how the present invention automatically maintains a constant speed independently of load will now be explained. The speed sensor 2073 is coupled to the motor 2072. The speed sensor 2073 is preferably a flywheel that is attached to the motor shaft (not shown) thereby rotating at the same rate as the motor 2072, so as to measure the angular rotation of the motor 2072. Either a reflective or transmissive optical sensing method can be employed depending on the available space in the engine housing. The reflective method uses an LED (not shown) to illuminate the flywheel which is marked with alternating reflecting and non-reflecting stripes. As the flywheel turns, a photodetector detects the rate of optical transitions thereby indicating speed. Alternatively, the transmissive method attaches a circular disk with radial stripes or spokes to either transmit or block the LED illumination. Further, the motor shaft can itself be marked similarly to the flywheel. The gear ratio for typical model engines is ¼″ of track motion per motor revolution. For 1/48th scale, 1 mph is equivalent to 1.47 motor revolutions/sec. For example, if the flywheel is marked with 24 stripes or spokes, there will be 48 transitions per revolution or 70.6 photodetector transitions per scale MPH.
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U.S. Classification 246/4, 340/384.3, 446/454, 340/12.5
International Classification A63H19/24, G01B3/00
Cooperative Classification A63H19/32, A63H33/28, A63H19/14, A63H19/18, A63H19/24
European Classification A63H19/32, A63H33/28, A63H19/18, A63H19/14, A63H19/24