Eyes for electronic pet

Abstract

An eye for electronic pet includes an eyelid, an eyeball, a driving box and a driving source. The eyelid is rotatably attached to the outside surface of the eyeball. The driving box is received in the eyelid to drive the eyelid to rotate along an outside surface of the eyeball. The driving source is received in the eyeball and mounted on the driving box for supplying rotary power for driving box to rotate the eyelid.

1 . An eye for an electronic pet comprising:
 an eyeball;   an eyelid rotatably attached to the outside surface of the eyeball;   a driving box received in the eyeball and connected to the eyelid, the driving box being configured for driving the eyelid to rotate along the outside surface of the eyeball; and   a driving source received in the eyeball and mounted on the driving box, the driving source being configured for supplying rotary power for the driving box to rotate the eyelid.   
   
   
       2 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the eyelid comprises a hemispherical shell rotatably attached to the outside surface of the eyeball, the driving box comprises a terminal shaft which is connected with the hemispherical shell of the eyelid. 
   
   
       3 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the hemispherical shell comprises an annular end, and two semicircular protuberances symmetrically protruding from the annular end along the extension surface of the hemispherical shell. 
   
   
       4 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the shell further comprises two trunnions separately formed on an inside surface of the protuberances, the terminal shaft of the driving box is connected to one trunnion of the shell. 
   
   
       5 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each of the trunnion is substantially perpendicular to the corresponding protuberance. 
   
   
       6 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein at least one of the two trunnions defines a terminal shaft hole thereon for receiving and fixing the terminal shaft of the driving box. 
   
   
       7 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the eyeball comprises an upper carapace, and a lower carapace, a number of locating sets and corresponding number of the locating columns are separately and correspondingly formed on the inside walls of the upper and lower carapace for interlocking with each other to connect the upper carapace and the lower carapace together. 
   
   
       8 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the upper carapace comprises a front shell and a separated back shell. 
   
   
       9 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the front shell comprises a substantially annular edge, and two concave cutouts formed on the annular edge corresponding to the trunnions of the eyelid. 
   
   
       10 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the back shell is shaped substantially one-third of a sphere. 
   
   
       11 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the back shell comprises two separate and parallel upper handles protruding outwardly from the outside surface of the back shell. 
   
   
       12 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the lower carapace comprises a substantially annular end, and two openings are defined on the annular end corresponding to the cutouts of the upper carapace to corporately form two through holes for the trunnions extending there through. 
   
   
       13 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein two parallel lower handles are separately formed on the outer side of the lower carapace, corresponding to the upper handles of the upper carapace. 
   
   
       14 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the lower carapace comprising two supporting poles separately formed on the inner side of the lower carapace and configured for supporting and fixing the driving box. 
   
   
       15 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the driving box further comprises a housing, a plurality of middle shafts, and a plurality of gears, the housing defines a receiving room for receiving the middle shafts, the gears and the terminal shaft, the middle shafts and the terminal shaft are respectively matched with the hub portions of the gears and are rotatably mounted in the housing. 
   
   
       16 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the housing comprises a number of interconnected side walls, two locating bumps are separately form on the outer sides of the side walls corresponding to the supporting poles of the lower carapace, each locating bump defines a through hole thereon for a blot passing therethrough to fix the driving box in the eyeball. 
   
   
       17 . The eye of an electronic pet as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein a stepped hole is defined on a side surface of the locating bump corresponding to the supporting poles of the lower carapace for holding the supporting poles of the lower carapace. 
   
   
       18 . An eye for an electronic pet comprising:
 a hollow eyeball;   an eyelid rotatably mounted on the outer surface of the eyeball;   a driving equipment receiving in the hollow eyeball and connected to the eyelid to rotate the eyelid.