US 12,340,652 B2
Wheel display with moveable segments
Eric P. Winston, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd., North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/430,347.
Application 18/430,347 is a continuation of application No. 17/935,048, filed on Sep. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,928,916.
Application 17/935,048 is a continuation of application No. 17/247,420, filed on Dec. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,468,733, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Application 17/247,420 is a continuation of application No. 16/213,830, filed on Dec. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,902,696, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Application 16/213,830 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/177,248, filed on Oct. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,713,880, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,058, filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0185669 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G09F 9/37 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3216 (2013.01); G09F 9/37 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a wheel display assembly including:
a support structure;
multiple sets of wheel segments, the wheel segments in each set of wheel segments arranged in a corresponding ring around a common center axis; and
an actuation mechanism configured to be transitioned between a plurality of actuated configurations, wherein:
the wheel segments in each set of wheel segments are supported, at least in part, by the support structure,
the actuation mechanism has one or more first portions that are fixed relative to the support structure and one or more second portions that are movable relative to the support structure to transition the actuation mechanism between the plurality of actuated configurations,
the wheel segments are each movably connected with the support structure and are each interfaced with a second portion of the one or more second portions of the actuation mechanism such that each of the wheel segments is at least movable between at least two corresponding wheel segment configurations, including a corresponding first wheel segment configuration and a corresponding second wheel segment configuration, relative to the support structure in response to the actuation mechanism transitioning to a corresponding one of the actuated configurations, and
transitioning of each wheel segment between the corresponding first wheel segment configuration and the corresponding second wheel segment configuration causes at least a first sub-portion of that wheel segment to at least translate along a direction parallel to the center axis.