Patent ID: 7520226

Claim:
A model vehicle, comprising: a reduced-scale model vehicle; a motor mounted to the model vehicle, the motor having an output shaft; and a gear train comprising a plurality of enmeshed spur gears, an input gear engaged with the output shaft, a first output gear engaged with a first drive wheel of the model vehicle, and a second output gear engaged with a second drive wheel of the model vehicle, wherein (1) the first output gear is supported by a first movable link, the first movable link permitting free vertical movement of the first output gear relative to a remainder of the gear train, without disengaging the first output gear from the gear train, (2) the second output gear is supported by a second movable link, the second movable link permitting free vertical movement of the second output gear relative to a remainder of the gear train, without disengaging the second output gear from the gear train, and (3) at least some of the plurality of enmeshed spur gears are disposed between and engaged with the first and second drive wheels as to transfer the rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the first and second drive wheels.