Plastic toy brick having electrical contacts for electronically determining the position of said toy brick in the installed state and method for producing said toy brick
US11612827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63H33/086
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The plastic toy building block is provided with electrical contacts to determine its position. The block has a basic body having recesses extending from top to bottom in its interior. In these are each inserted, combined into packets, several discrete elastically resilient conductor wires clamped between plastic strips. Elastically resilient conductor wires protrude downward into the recess. Contact points protrude from the plastic strips at the top. Several electrical cables are led from each nub to the underside of a nub plate to discrete contact points. Except for the nub surfaces, the nub plate can be covered by a cover plate and hereafter can be placed with the nub plate on the basic body of the toy building block. The lower contact points on the film then make electrical contact with the upper stubs and thus with contact points of the conductor wires.
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