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    • 专利摘要:
    The plastic game module is provided with electrical contacts, whereby its position in the installed state can be determined by electronic means. It consists of a base body (1) with from top to bottom through recesses (15) in its interior. In these are summarized to packages (16), depending several discrete elastically resilient conductor wires (14) between plastic strips (17, 18) inserted clamped. As a result, elastically resilient conductor wires (14) protrude down into the recess (15) without overhanging the toy building block below. Above project contact points (24) from the plastic strips (17, 18). The toy building block also has a stud plate, not shown here, which is provided with a film covering itself at the top and folded around its edge. From this, a plurality of electrical leads are led from each nub on the underside of the studded plate to discrete contact points. The nubbed plate can be covered by a cover plate down to the nubbed surfaces and then placed with the nubbed plate on the base body (1) of the toy building block. The lower contact points on the film then come into contact with the upper stubs and thus contact points (24) of the conductor wires (14).
    公开号:CH711525A2
    申请号:CH00422/16
    申请日:2016-03-31
    公开日:2017-03-15
    发明作者:Müller Stephan；Fässler Urs；Alexandersson Erik；Carpenter Lucas
    申请人:Müller Stephan；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    This invention relates to a plastic toy building block, which is equipped with electrical contacts on its top and bottom, so that it is both mechanically and electrically connected at the top and bottom with a same or similar toy building block. This makes it possible to determine the position of a building block when installed on a construction of such building blocks, and many other applications can be derived from this orientation. In addition, the invention relates to a method for the rational industrial production of such a toy building block.
    From WO 2009/100 051 a block with input and output contacts is known, so that a single block with adjacent blocks of the same type is electrically connected and allows interaction. A central host device as a host can manage the electrical signals and in this way enable a video game with physical interaction through the individual building blocks and the construction created with them. This document shows a variety of possibilities of interactions that can be realized with building blocks, if they allow such contacts with each other and can communicate electrically with the host device and its printed circuit board with their logical links.
    Due to the disclosure of WO 2009/100 051 it is unnecessary here to respond to all these variants and possibilities, which opens such a block. In any case, among other things, they are highly suitable for efficiently establishing and promoting the three-dimensional imagination of children and adolescents and therefore have a high educational effect on those who deal with them and create spatial structures.
    Basic requirement for such a system as shown in WO 2009/100 051 but is the plastic toy building block. This has to convince in several ways, in order to establish such a system in the market at all, and it lacked so far. For this, the plastic components must clamp sufficiently when stacked, and indeed permanently, even after years. This alone is a very big challenge and the market leader LEGO has acquired a high level of expertise in this area. Very small tolerances in the production prove to be of high importance, in addition to the choice of suitable plastic material. The same applies to the newly introduced electrical contact options. They have to work absolutely reliably, and also do so permanently, including after dozens of times connecting to and separating from other building blocks, and also bearing in mind the aging of the stones. Even after several years, no electrical loose contacts may occur after mating, otherwise the building blocks for the system will be worthless. Producing such a component from plastic therefore represents an extraordinarily demanding technical task in many respects. The first challenge is to ensure the sufficiently and permanently obtainable mechanical clamping force when assembling the components. The second challenge is to find a technical solution that ensures that the assembly of components and the electrical contacts between them function properly, and also permanently, even with multiple assembly and disconnection of the components and thus the contacts. A third challenge is to realize such contact connections with a minimum of parts. A fourth challenge is to make the components of the device in such a way that the assembly can be rational and preferably purely mechanical, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced to a manageable degree. And finally, as the fifth challenge may apply that the electrical contacts should be so robust and protected that a throwing down, falling, stepping on or any other mechanical stress of the blocks can not harm the electrical contact elements, so no distortions, breaks or other damage of contact wires can cause.
    The object of the invention is therefore to provide a plastic toy building block with electrical contacts for electronic determination of its location in the installed state, which ensures a secure and permanent jamming during assembly with another same or similar building block, further a permanently safe electrical Connection of the contacts allows, and this also after a multiple separation and reassembly of the blocks, and which consists of a minimum of components, these components should be rational and as possible mechanically mounted, for a cost-effective production of plastic toy building blocks in large series.
    In addition, it is an object of the invention to provide a rational and industrially feasible method for the production of such a game block, which allows the serial and automated production.
    This object is achieved by a plastic toy building block with electrical contacts for the electronic determination of its location in the installed state, consisting of a body with top-down through recesses in its interior and with an inside lowered top for accurately fitting insertion of an associated knobbed plate , wherein in the body a plurality of discrete resilient spring wires are used so that they protrude down as a free, resilient spring wires down into the bottom hollow body without the bottom of the game module to rise, but stick out as contact points from the top, and that at the nubs of the associated Noppenplatte a plurality of electrical lines terminate, which are passed through the studded plate or are guided by the knobs from around the studded plate around them and by inserting the studded plate in the body electrically with the individual upper contact points Conductor wires are connected in the interior of the body, so depending on the created electrical connections between two superposed plastic toy bricks, that is, between the lower ends of the conductor wires of the upper plastic toy block and the upper ends of the electrical lines to the knobs of the lower plastic toy building block Relative position of the two game modules to each other is electronically determined.
    Further, the object is achieved by a method for the industrial production of a plastic toy building block with electrical contacts for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state, by carrying out either the steps according to claim 14 or 15.
    In the figures, this game module is shown in two variants and different views and based on these representations, it will be described below and its structure, its production for its composition and its function will be explained.
    It shows:
    [0010]<Tb> FIG. 1: <SEP> The individual internal components for the electrical functionality of a first variant of the toy building block, and indicated by arrows in which direction they are assembled;<Tb> FIG. 2: <SEP> The ledges with the clamped conductor in an end view;<Tb> FIG. 3: <SEP> The lid carrier of the toy module with electric circuit board and arrows indicate in which direction these parts are assembled;<Tb> FIG. 4: <SEP> The lid carrier of the toy building block with electrical circuit board mounted thereon, and indicated with an arrow as it is placed on the main body of the toy building block;<Tb> FIG. 5: <SEP> The play module with the lid part and with arrow is shown how the lid part is placed on the lid carrier;<Tb> FIG. 6: <SEP> The ready assembled game module;<Tb> FIG. 7: <SEP> The fully assembled game building block shown in a perspective view from below;<Tb> FIG. 8: <SEP> Two juxtaposed game components built up by clamping force;<Tb> FIG. 9: <SEP> The two successive toy building blocks from FIG. 8 in a partial section;<Tb> FIG. FIG. 10 shows a cross section through the two built-on toy building blocks from FIG. 8 on an enlarged scale; FIG.<Tb> FIG. 11: <SEP> a second variant of the plastic toy building block in a perspective view from above;<Tb> FIG. 12: <SEP> the plastic toy building block according to FIG. 11 in a perspective view from below;<Tb> FIG. 13: <SEP> the plastic toy building block according to FIG. 11 or 12 in a perspective exploded view as seen from above, with all its components;<Tb> FIG. FIG. 14: shows the plastic toy building block according to FIG. 11 or 12 in a perspective exploded view as seen from below, with all its components.
    The plastic toy block is provided with electrical contacts for electronic determination of its location in the installed state. To this end, as shown in FIG. 1 below, it consists of a cubic basic body 1 with a quadrangular plan and all-round side wall 2 and inside this basic body 1 of a structure with recesses 15. It should be mentioned at this point that this basic body does not necessarily have to be cubic , It can also be a circular or cylindrically shaped base body used in the same way, or a basic body with an L, U, F or E-shaped floor plan, or even further embodiments, which allow the structure described here in principle , As can be seen with reference to FIG. 4, the peripheral edge 3 is projecting at the top a piece-wide upwards, and thereby a bottom 4 opposite this upper edge 3 downwardly stepped bottom 4 is formed. On this floor 4 is a knobbed plate 5 with knobs 6 suitable for use. In the example shown are cubic pimples. It is clear that in the same way also circular or differently shaped knobs can be realized. You just need to allow jamming with the bottom of a belonging to the kit body. What will happen with this nubbed plate 5 will become clear from the description of FIG. 3 later. Of course, the shape of the base body and associated cover plate can also be realized just reversed, in which case the cover plate has a downwardly projecting collar and sits on the body in which its upper edge outside forms an inwardly stepped step, or the cover plate has one after downwardly projecting collar, which is slightly offset inwards, so that it forms a circumferential step, which is placed on the body. Furthermore, the two components could also be positioned on each other by means of screw mandrels. Whatever the details, a cover plate is placed on top of the body fit and immovable and securely held on it by means of clamping means or click connections. As an alternative to clamping or clicking together, the components can be permanently connected to each other by screwing together, welding or gluing.
    First, the inner parts of the toy building block will be described as shown in FIG. At the top left you can see an electrical conductor 20, from which branch off four sets of three 16 of resilient conductor wires down, which are curved at the bottom in a horizontal V-shape, with the end of the free leg of the V curved upward. Thus, a curved resilient contact point 21 is formed at the bottom of each conductor wire 14 below each. On both sides of the electrical assembly conductor 20 can be seen depending on a plastic strip 17, 18. The left in the picture shown closer to the viewer plastic strip 17 has three holes 22. These two plastic strips 17, 18 can be clicked together to include and pinching the electrical conductor 20 wherein the retaining bolts 23 dig into the holes 22 or click. Afterwards, the mounting conductor 20 is cut away and the remaining small and protruding stubs of the clamped conductor wires 14 are bent over. They thus form three different contact points 24 for each package of conductor wires 14. For each toy component there are two such assembly conductors 20 with the two plastic strips 17, 18 clamping them in. A little further to the right in the picture you can see the second unit. The two plastic strips 17, 18 are visible here just from the other side. The two finished in this way holders for the four conductor wire packages 16, after breaking away or cutting away the mounting conductor 20, depending clamped between their two adjacent plastic strips 17, 18, are then shown in the picture below.
    From this position, they are used in the Spielbausein, the structure of which, as already mentioned two recesses 15, in which fit these units with their conductor wire packages 16 of three conductor wires 14. Afterwards, the game module presents itself as shown in Fig. 4 below.
    Fig. 2 shows the clamped by the two plastic strips 17, 18 conductor wires 14 in a view of the front side of the plastic strips. The conductor wires 14 of the triple package 16 project down from the plastic strips 17, 18 and are bent to a horizontal V with each upwardly curved end 21. So they form the bottom of an elastically resilient contact surface. Also above the protruding stubs of the conductor wires 14 are bent and form there the contact points 24th
    In Fig. 3, the electrical equipment of the studded plate 5 is shown. On this nubbed plate 5 is an electrical, for example, by punching or laser blank produced contact foil 7 can be placed, which is shown in Fig. 3 above. The tops of the nubs 6 are covered by this contact sheet 7 when laying congruent and their electrical connections from the top of the knobs 6 along the side surfaces of the knobs down on the top 8 of the knob plate 5 out running. Thereafter, they extend over this upper side 8 to the outside to a narrow edge 9 of this top 8, and then beyond this edge 9 out into a film 10 with integrated individual contact points 11 for each electrical line, which are introduced from the various nubs 6. As shown in FIG. 3, this film 10 is pivoted about the curved arrow, that is, downwards around the edge 9 of the studded plate 5, so that it comes to rest on the underside of the studded plate 5 afterwards.
    In Fig. 4 recognizes the so equipped with the contact foil 7 and its film 10 knob plate 5. On the knobs 6 can be seen the contact foil 7. The running there electrical leads 19 of each knob 6 first along their Side wall down on the nubbed plate 8 and afterwards on the contact foil 7 to the narrow edge 9 of the knob plate 8 out where this film 7 is transferred with their electrical leads 19 in the now folded foil 10, and their individual contact points 11 now are directed below, and thus not visible here. In this state, the studded plate 5 is placed as shown with the arrow on the bottom 4 of the toy building block.
    Now the state is reached as shown in Fig. 5 below. It can be seen on a cover plate 12 with eight projecting upwardly quadrangular frame 13. This cover plate 12 is placed on the studs 5 Pat, as indicated by the arrow, so in the mounted state, the eight frame 13 each one nipple 6 laterally fed fill and the Cover plate 12 on the peripheral edge 3 of the plastic toy block, that is on an inner bead on the same, is einklickbar. The recesses in the cubic body 1 are still accessible from below.
    In Fig. 7, the game module is placed in this state upside down on the top, so you see so on the bottom. It can therefore be seen the recesses 15, in which the contact wires protrude in the toy building block from top to bottom in him. Accordingly, one can see here the upper ends of the contact wires or the conductor wires 14, namely the contact points 24. In addition, one recognizes the plastic clamping tubes 23, which are arranged in a conventional manner to a good and permanent press fit of the play module to the knobs 6 that Spielbausteins ensure the same design on which it is plugged. In Fig. 8, two toy bricks are assembled one on top of the other. These hold together due to the clamping force generated due to the geometry of the knobs 6 and the clamping tubes 23. On the upper side of the toy building block, one recognizes the contact foil 7 on the upper side of the nubs 6, which communicate with the contact points 11 of the folded-over foil 10, with three contact wires or conductor wires 14, which are resilient by bending, for each nub 6, in the form of a triple ensemble 16 are held clamped on both sides by clamping strips 17, 18. The terminal strips 17, 18 are in this example shown in the recesses 15 einklickbar so that the upper ends of the conductor wires 14 each form a contact point 24, and each contacted a different contact point 11 on the folded sheet 10. It is clear that according to the same principle, fewer or more conductor wires can be installed in this way between each two terminal strips. In addition, the terminal strips can be permanently clamped in the recesses instead of a click only with a slight pressure.
    In Fig. 9, the two successive toy bricks from Fig. 8 are shown in a partial section, which releases the view into the interior. As can be seen, the contact points 11 on the contact foil 7 of each nubs 6 via the electrical leads 19 on the film 10 to very individual, projecting into the recesses 15 conductor wires 14 and are contacted by the upper ends 24 electrically. By building on each other two such game building blocks, the conductor wires 14 of the upper game module are brought into electrical contact with the contact points of the contact foil 7 on the knobs 6 of the lower toy building block. Each nub 6 has nine contact points on top - arranged in three rows and three columns on their contact sheet 7 on. The central contact point serves as a data conductor, while the four different central contact points on the edge serve as a ground, and the four different contact points in the corners of the knob 6 as a current conductor. This makes it possible, on the basis of the respectively current-carrying connections, to detect whether two game components are connected to one another, and if so in which configuration, there being a multiplicity of possibilities. Thus, two game blocks can be built congruent to each other, or only partially overlapping, and they can also be built to each other at a right angle to each other, and this at the edge, in the middle or at the other edge, etc., that is offset in line. The electrical signals can be captured and evaluated centrally by a data processing system, for example a terminal in the form of a pad, phone, or PC, so that a virtual toy chip image can be generated on the screen of a computer representing the construction assembled in reality.
    This technology is currently already developed and known. Alone, the challenge was to design a simple, fool-proof concept for such a game module, so that it meets the necessary requirements in terms of clamping force, and also the electrical connections remain permanently functional. This is ensured here by the resilient conductor wires 14. As long as they are charged under their elastic springs, these springs do not tire and the functionality for creating electrical connections with contact points on the knobs 6 is maintained.
    The current conductor from above, from a contact point on the knobs 6 down to the contact point 21 of a conductor wire 14 of a lower toy building block is apparent from Fig. 10, which shows a cross section through two successive building blocks as shown in Fig. 9 in an enlarged scale represents. Of importance for the proper electrical function, that is, for the electrical connection of the toy bricks, proves to be a low resistance of the compounds. This enables large assemblies. Thanks to this electrical wiring, these game modules offer the possibility for visual, audible, tactile feedback, for example for the construction of prototypes with LEDs, loudspeaker functions on the terminal etc. The LEDs can be part of the block. Two positions can be used on the printed circuit board, including series resistors. A microcontroller can also be integrated on the conductor foil. The central point of contact can serve as a data conductor - data that is essential for processing to create a particular entity. For this purpose, the conceptual logic of the interconnection and communication as described in WO 2009/100 051 comes into play and will not be further elaborated here. These game modules can be operated without a battery, because the power supply comes from a base plate or from the basic block and is distributed to the individual connected or built game modules. The solution presented here offers 3 x 3 contacts per pimple, ie (9 plus and 9 minus contacts per peg.) Normally, a game block with 2 rows of 4 pegs would require a total of 2 x 4 x 3 x 3 = 72 connectors, For the same function, namely with 2 x 4 conductor wire packages of 3 conductor wires 14, ie 2 x 4 x 3 = 24 spring contacts, while the one presented here does not require as much as 24 spring contacts This solution is cost-effective and effective: contacting with cluster-manufactured stamped and bent parts also reduces costs, a complete series of contacts is bent in a uniform manner, the positioning is different after insertion into a contact carrier, and the contacts are embedded and positioned , the connecting punching strip is cut off and the contacts are separated by this means the handling of a large number of individual cont Springs would be comparatively much more complex. And instead of two zusammenklickbaren terminal strips for mass production, the conductor wire ensembles of 4 x 3 contact wires are also encapsulated on both sides with plastic, after which then the connecting conductor strip is punched away or cut away. The conductor wires are then cast in a single plastic part and can be mounted in the recesses. In a very best execution, the individual toy bricks can be powered by means of RF induction and could transmit their position via an accelerometer wirelessly via Near Field Communication to a base station.
    In the following, an alternative embodiment of the game module is presented and described. This alternative is easier to produce industrially in large series at low cost, with the help of robots that can get the assembly of the individual parts. First, Fig. 11 shows this alternative embodiment of the plastic toy building block in a perspective view from above. The contacts on the individual knobs 46 of the studded plate 39 are here on the side walls of these studs 46. Each sidewall includes three contact surfaces of there existing conductor wires 25, which are inserted into grooves 44 in the side walls of the studs 46.
    Fig. 12 shows this game module in a perspective view seen from below. The game module is substantially hollow on its underside, except for a central web 42 which extends along the longitudinal center of the game module. This web 42 includes here three hollow cylinder 48 whose outer sides slightly project beyond the side walls of the web 42. To reinforce a crossbar 50 is installed. With the lateral webs 51 a clamping fit for the knobs 46 is created on the top of a same game module.
    Fig. 13 shows the plastic toy building block according to FIG. 11 or 12 in a perspective exploded view seen from above, with the bottom of the main body 45 with its lowered top 43. This has three holes 34, wherein the outer serve two for receiving screws 31, for assembly with the other parts. The holes 34 are provided along their circumference with annular segment-shaped edges 52. These edges 52 serve as a support for the circuit board 29 to be used, which is shown above. The top 43 of the main body 45 further shows a recess 40, in which a microchip 32 can be used, for the interconnection of the various lines and their intelligent networking. Along the longitudinal center of the top 43 insertion holes 33 can be seen, in which lower conductor wires 26 are inserted, which are shown in the figure above the main body 45. These conductor wires 26 protrude freely after insertion to its upper angled end 27 into the lower cavity of the base body 45, below the plate, which forms the top 43. At the lower end of the conductor wires 26 are formed in curved ends 28 which are elastic and resilient and act with their outwardly to the longitudinal sides of the body 45 facing side surfaces as contact surfaces, due to the resilient property when attaching the game module on the top of the same Cling game building blocks to the lateral contact surfaces 25 on the knobs 46 on top of this game module. Along the upwardly projecting edge of the main body 45 cams 35 are formed on the top of the plate, which forms the top 43 of the body 45. On this cam 35 comes when assembling the game module, the circuit board 29 to lie. Of the upper conductor wires 25, there are 8 units of 12 individual conductor wires 25. These conductor wires 25 can penetrate along the side surfaces of the nubs 46 on the nub plate 47 shown at the top through holes 38 (Fig. 14) in the nub plate 39 and thus through them Knob plate 39 are inserted through into the grooves 44, which are embedded in the side surfaces of the studs 46. At the upper end 24, these conductor wires 25 are angled, so each form a unwound end 24. These angled ends 24 can engage in transverse slots in the grooves 44, after which the conductor wires 25 are held in the grooves 44. The outwardly directed sides of the conductor wires 25 form along the knob side surfaces each have a contact surface which make 26 with the outwardly projecting lower ends 28 of the lower conductor wires 26 make electrical contact when a similar game module is attached to the underlying. Depending on the positioning of the upper play module on the lower other electrical connections are created. The printed circuit board 29 with its two holes 30 has a plurality of, for example, vapor-deposited electrical conductor tracks 37 which extend along their top and bottom and are guided around their edges, so that an electric current along an upper line 37 around the outer edge of the Circuit board 29 around and then along a lower line 37 can be performed. The lower ends 47 of the upper conductor wires 25 in the side walls of the studs 46 touch the upper side of the printed circuit board 29 and close contacts with the conductor tracks 37 running thereon, and the upper ends 27 of the lower conductor wires 26 Close contacts equally with the lower tracks on the bottom of the PCB 29th
    Fig. 14 shows the same plastic toy building block according to FIGS. 11 or 12, but now shown in a perspective exploded view seen from below, with all its components. As can be seen from below into the base body 45, the three holes 34 in the longitudinal center web 42 run out at the bottom. The lateral outer sides of the longitudinal center web 42 projecting cylindrical outer sides 48 of the holes 34 act as clamping surfaces, when the main body 45 is fitted from above on the knob plate 39 of a same game module. Laterally on the web 42 can be seen the grooves 49, in which from above the lower conductor wires 26 can be inserted, after which their lower curved ends 28 project freely into the space below the web 42. In the example shown, there are four sets of three grooves 49. For a stone with just four nubs it would be just two sets of threes from Nunten49. These curved ends 28 may close contacts with the conductor wires 25 in the side surfaces of the dimples 46 on the dimpled plate 39 of a same toy building block on which this upper toy building block is placed. Above the main body 45 can be seen the lower conductor wires 26 with their curved ends 28, which can be inserted through corresponding holes 33 in the top 43 of the body 45 and then along the grooves 49 in the same. On these inserted lower conductor wires 26 and their upper ends 27, the printed circuit board 29 is placed from above. In this case, the conductor paths 37 at the bottom of the line plate 29 also close contacts with the upwardly projecting Kontaktfüsschen 53 of the microchip 32 in the top of the body 45, for the intelligent interconnection of all conductors. The upper conductor wires 25 are pushed through the holes 38 in the studded plate 39 from below through the same into the grooves 44 in the side surfaces of the studs 46 until they snap into the same, as already described. Then only the lower curved ends 47 of these conductor wires 25 protrude out of the stud plate 39. These lower ends 47 close contacts with the conductor tracks 37 on the upper side of the printed circuit board 29, which, however, is not visible from below. The nubbed plate 39 has on its underside also spacers 54, with which it rests after assembly on the circuit board 29 to ensure a clearance for the lower resilient ends 47 of the upper conductor wires 25. All parts are assembled by now the circuit board 29 is placed on the top 43 of the body 45, and then the nubbed plate 39 is placed on the top of the circuit board 29. Then, the base body 45 is screwed to the studded plate 39, for which purpose two screws 31 are inserted from below into the outer holes 34 in the web 42. These screws 31 can then be screwed with their threads in the threaded bushes 36, which are integrally formed on the underside of the studded plate 39, including the printed circuit board 29, which then between the lower ends 47 of the upper conductor wires 25 and the upper ends 27 of the lower Conductor wires 26 is located.
    Two such game blocks can be plugged together in any way, so for example congruent seen from above, or shifted in the longitudinal direction, that is, two, four or even six knobs of the lower stone left exposed. The stones can also be inserted at right angles to each other over two or four knobs of the underlying stone, or even in the longitudinal direction laterally displaced two, three or four knobs covering. In each constellation, the conductor wires 25 are contacted in the side surfaces of the occupied nubs 46 of other lower conductor wires 26 on the upper toy building block and can thus close a circuit. Depending on which traces on the circuit board 29 lead according to current, the microprocessor 32 recognizes the constellation of the two game modules to each other and two of the downwardly opening ladder 26 of a triple package, he can pass this information to a computer which the constellation on a screen can show. If more stones are placed on top, their constellation will be forwarded equally to the bottom and finally displayed on a screen.
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    1. plastic game module with electrical contacts (7, 21, 25, 26) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state, consisting of a base body (1, 45) with from top to bottom through recesses (15, 33, 38) in its inside and with an inside lowered top (43) for snug insertion of a corresponding stud plate (5; 39), wherein in the base body (1; 45) a plurality of discrete resilient spring wires (14; 25, 26) are used so that they below protrude as a free, resilient spring wires (14; 26) down into the bottom hollow body (1; 45) without the play block down to protrude, but above as contact points from the top (43) protrude, and that at the knobs ( 6, 46) of the associated nubbed plate (5, 39) terminate a plurality of electrical leads (19, 25) which pass through or pass around the studded plate (5, 39) by inserting the studded plate (5; Base body (1; 45) electrically with the individual upper contact points (24) of the conductor wires (14; 19; 27) are connectable, so that depending on the electrical connections established between two superposed plastic toy bricks, that is, between the lower ends of the conductor wires (14, 26) of the upper plastic play module and the upper ends of the electrical lines (19, 25) to the Nubs (6, 46) of the lower plastic toy building block the relative position of the two toy building blocks is electronically determinable.
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    2. Plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (25; 26) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to claim 1, characterized in that its base body (45) has a relation to its upper edge lowered lower, lowered top (43), which along its longitudinal center on either side of the same each have a number Dreierpakete of holes (33) for insertion of conductor wires (26) with top and bottom curved ends (27, 28), further that below the knob plate (39) has a printed circuit board (29) with electrical paths (37) is arranged from its underside to its upper side, with a microchip (32) on the printed circuit board (29), the contact wires (53) with the conductor tracks (37) of the printed circuit board (29) are occupied, and wherein the base body (45 ) forms on its underside a longitudinal center web (42) having in its two sides a plurality of grooves (49), for clamping insertion of a respective lower conductor wire (26), and in that the web (42) is interspersed with three hollow cylinders (48) which interrupt it and extend laterally with their outer sides, further that the stud plate (39) along the sides of the studs (46) has holes (38) passing through the stud plate (39) Insertion of upper conductor wires (25) along the knob side walls, and in that a printed circuit board (29) between the stud plate (39) and the base body (45) is arranged, with bottom-to-top conductor paths (37) for creating electrical connections between the upper ends (27) of the lower conductor wires (26) with selected conductors of the upper conductor wires (25), and that the Noppenplatte (39) including the circuit board (29) with the main body (45) is firmly connected.
    [3]
    3. plastic game module with electrical contacts (25; 26) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to claim 1, characterized in that the conductor wires (25, 26) at the contact-leading ends (24, 47, 27, 28) curved and elastically yielding, and the upper conductor wires (25) with their angled ends (24) in recesses (44) in the side walls of the knobs (46) are clickable, and the lower conductor wires (26) by means of frictional resistance in the receiving grooves ( 49).
    [4]
    4. plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (25; 26) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the nubbed plate (39), including the printed circuit board (29) with the base body (45) fixed is connectable, in the stud plate (39) on its underside threaded bushings (36), and the circuit board (29) with these bushes (36) corresponding holes (30), and the base plate (45) by means of the hollow cylinder (48) insertable Screws (31) by screwing into the threaded bushes (36) with the knob plate (39) is clamped.
    [5]
    5. plastic game module with electrical contacts (25, 26) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the studded plate (39) including the circuit board (29) with the base body (45 ) is firmly connectable, in which the nubbed plate (39) on its underside along its edge closure parts, which are including the circuit board (29) with closure parts on the top of the main body (45) together clickable.
    [6]
    6. plastic game module with electrical contacts (25; 26) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it by encapsulation of the conductor wires (25, 26) and the printed circuit board (29) and of the microchip (32) is generated.
    [7]
    7. plastic game module with electrical contacts (7,21) for the electronic determination of its location in the installed state according to claim 1, consisting of a base body (1) with top-down through recesses (15) in its interior, in which packages (16) summarized in each case a plurality of discrete elastically resilient conductor wires (14) between plastic strips (17, 18) clamped or injected into a plastic strip can be used so that they down as a free, resilient spring wires (14) down into the recess (15) protrude without overhanging the toy block below, and above as contact points (24) of the plastic strips (17, 18) protrude, and that the toy building block has a stud plate (5) with a top covering and order its edge (9) folded film (10) is provided, on which a plurality of electrical lines (19) are guided from each knob on the underside of the studded plate (5) to discrete contact points (11), wherein this nubbed plate (5) from a cover plate (12) coverable on the stud surfaces and then with the stud plate (5) on the base body (1) of the play module is placed so that the lower contact points (11) on the film (10) the upper stubs and thus contact points (24) of the conductor wires (14) come into electrical contact.
    [8]
    8. plastic game module with electrical contacts (7, 21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists of a cubic base body (1) with a quadrangular plan, with all-round side wall (2) and in the interior of this basic body (1) of a structure with recesses (15).
    [9]
    9. plastic game module with electrical contacts (7, 21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists of a circular base body (1) with a quadrangular layout, with all-round side wall (2) and in the interior of this basic body (1) of a structure with recesses (15).
    [10]
    10. plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (7, 21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists of a substantially cubic base body (1) with L, U, E or F- shaped plan exists, with all-round side wall (2) and inside this body (1) of a structure with recesses (15).
    [11]
    11. plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (7, 21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to one of claims 1 or 7 to 10, characterized in that a nubbed plate (5) with nubs (6) on the game building block can be placed, and on this knob plate (5) an electrical contact foil (7) can be placed, which covers the tops of the knobs (6) congruent and their electrical connections (19) from the top of the knobs (6) down to the Knob plate (5) and on this outside to its edge (9) lead, and from there to a to the nub plate (5) foldable film (10) with integrated contact points (11), and that a cover plate ( 12) with upwardly projecting frame (13) on this nubbed flap (5) can be placed so that in the mounted state, the frame (13) each have a nub (6) laterally fed and the cover plate (12) on the plastic toy building blocks flush is clickable, further that the green Dkörper (1) from below accessible recesses (15) which communicate with the contact points (11) of the folded foil (10), wherein for each knob (6) three resilient by bending contact wires (16) as an ensemble on both sides by terminal strips (17 , 18) held clamped and the terminal strips (17, 18) in the recesses (15) are clickable, so that the contact wires (16) contact three different contact points (11) on the folded foil (10).
    [12]
    12. plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (7,21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to one of claims 1 or 7 to 11, characterized in that the toy building block has an upwardly projecting edge (3) above, so that a opposite to this upper edge (3) downwardly stepped bottom (4) is formed, on which a knobbed plate (5) with knobs (6) is accurately inserted.
    [13]
    13. plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (7, 21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to one of claims 1 or 7 to 12, characterized in that the toy building block has an edge area at the top which forms an inwardly extending step, and the associated nubbed plate (5) on the outside has a downwardly projecting edge, with which it is accurately placed on this stage.
    [14]
    14. A method for the industrial production of a plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (7,21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that<tb> a) <SEP> lower conductor wires (26) are inserted by means of a robot into the grooves (49) in the side surfaces of the web (42) against frictional resistance,<b) <b) <SEP> Upper conductor wires (25) through the holes (38) in the studded plate (39) from below by means of a robot longitudinally in grooves (44) in the side walls of the studs (46) inserted until the upper , Angled ends (24) click into corresponding recesses in the grooves (44) and are thus held therein,<tb> c) <SEP> the printed circuit board (29) and then the nubbed plate (39) by means of a robot or by hand on the top of the main body (45) is inserted,<db> d) <SEP> the main body (45) including the printed circuit board (29) by means of screws (31) by a robot or manually screwed or welded or clicked together with the bottom of the stud plate (39).
    [15]
    15. A method for the industrial production of a plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (7,21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to claim 1 or 6 to 12, consisting of a base body (1) with all-round side wall (2) and in Interior of this basic body (1) of a structure with recesses (15),<a) <SEP> a contact foil (7) with lines (19) and end-side contact points on the top of a stud plate (5) is fitted against this and extends beyond an edge (9) of the stud plate (5), and the free end of the film around the edge (9) of the studded panel (5) is folded over on its underside, so that it covers the underside;<Tb> <September><b> <b> <SEP> One or more assembly ladder (20) having a plurality of packages (16) branched off from it and clamped by a plurality of elastically resilient conductor wires (14) between two plastic strips (17, 18) or injected on all sides into a single plastic strip becomes,<tb> c) <SEP> The mounting conductors (20) are cut away and the plastic strips (17, 18) or the single plastic strip with the above as stub and down as bent wires projecting conductor wires (14) from above in recesses (15 ) are installed in the toy building block, so that the elastically resilient conductor wires (14) protrude down into the recess (15) without projecting beyond the lower edge of the toy building block,d) <SEP> The stud plate (5) is lowered onto the toy block open at the top, so that the contact points (11) on the film (10) on its underside with the upper stubs (24) of the conductor wires (14) in contact to step,e) <SEP> A cover plate (12) with frame (13) is lowered precisely on the knobs (6) of the stud plate (5), so that these studs (6) are each surrounded by a frame (13), and the cover plate (12) is clicked or welded in at the upper edge of the toy building block.
    [16]
    16. A method for the industrial production of a plastic toy building block with electrical contacts (7,21) for the electronic determination of its position in the installed state according to claim 15, characterized in that under e) a cover plate (12) with the frame (13) accurately on the nubs (6) of the studded panel (5) is lowered by being inserted within the upstanding peripheral and cantilevered frame of the toy building block and forming a flush termination with this rim.
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