B64U50/23

Electrical driving mechanism for sonic flying devices

The invention describes the electrical driving mechanism for sonic flying device in, on small airplane, UAV, Aerial observation equipment, includes: electric actuator, the first rotary shaft, the second rotary shaft, piston, cylinder cover, spring, fin, pin. The electric actuator are composed of three main parts including speed reducing gearbox, ball screw, motor, cover. The speed reducing gearbox is composed of spur gears and planetary gears. The electric actuator has small size, can be operated in high temperature, has water resistance, vibration resistance, big load, high speed, is suitable for sonic flying device and meets with working conditions.

DRONE
20230202652 · 2023-06-29 ·

The aircraft comprises a fuselage defining a fuselage main axis. The fuselage comprises a docking system for fixing removable nacelles. The aircraft has wings equipped with tilting actuators for rotating wings about rotation axes parallel to the fuselage main axis and at least six propellers mechanically connected to the fuselage. The aircraft also has at least one cryo-hydrogen tank and at least one fuel cell for supplying power to the propellers, and

A capacitor for supplying power to the propellers, charged by at least one fuel cell. This capacitor stores electrical energy greater than the energy needed by all the propellers for ten seconds of hovering flight. Each propeller is equipped with a tilting actuator for rotating the propeller about a rotation axis making an angle of less than 45 degrees with a plane perpendicular to the fuselage main axis. The fuselage having a forward and a rear portion defining a forward to rear order of the propellers, in cruise flight, the two forward propellers are activated to provide vertical thrust, the intermediate propellers between the forward and rearmost propellers are not activated and the two rearmost propellers are activated to provide horizontal thrust.

OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH ROTORS WHILE AVOIDING A BAND OF ROTOR ROTATIONAL SPEED

A method is provided for operating a vehicle that includes rotors driven by actuators to cause the vehicle to move. The method includes determining rotational speeds at which to drive the rotors to achieve a controlled movement of the vehicle. The rotational speeds include a rotational speed for a rotor of a pair of the rotors driven by a pair of the actuators. The method includes monitoring the rotational speed to detect that the rotational speed has approached or reached a defined avoid band of rotational speeds, and biasing the rotational speed to produce at least one biased rotational speed for respective rotors of the pair that is outside the defined avoid band. The method includes generating commands for the actuators based on the rotational speeds, and modifying the commands including those of the commands for the pair of the actuators based on the at least one biased rotational speed.

WEIGHT-SHIFTING COAXIAL HELICOPTER
20170283042 · 2017-10-05 ·

A helicopter includes a propulsion system, gimbal assembly, and a controller. The propulsion system includes a first rotor assembly and a second rotor assembly. The first rotor assembly comprises a first motor coupled to a first rotor and the second rotor assembly comprises a second motor coupled to a second rotor. The second rotor is coaxial to the first rotor and is configured to be counter-rotating to the first rotor. The gimbal assembly couples a fuselage of the helicopter to the propulsion system. The controller is communicably coupled to the gimbal assembly and is configured to provide instructions to the gimbal assembly in order to weight-shift the fuselage of the helicopter, thereby controlling movements of the helicopter.

TELESCOPING PROPELLER BLADES FOR AERIAL VEHICLES

Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism.

Control apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle system
11716937 · 2023-08-08 · ·

Problems to be Solved To provide a control apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial system capable of pruning a tree by appropriately specifying a pruning position to prune a branch of the tree and further adjusting a shape of the tree. [Solution] A control apparatus 3 for an unmanned aerial vehicle 2 according to the present invention includes a tree shape information generation section 312 capable of generating tree shape information of a target tree T1 targeted for pruning by using two or more tree images P of the target tree T1 taken from different directions and a shape generating neural network N1; a pruning position specifying section 316 capable of specifying a pruning position of the target tree T1 by using the tree shape information; an operation control section 318 capable of controlling a flight state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an operation of the pruning structure in accordance with the pruning position P; a tree shape evaluation receiving section 313 capable of receiving a tree shape evaluation related to the tree shape information; and a shape learning section 314 capable of causing the shape generation neural network N1 to machine-learn a shape of the tree on the basis of the tree images, the tree shape information, and the tree shape evaluation.

Testing Device for a Motor of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
20230280237 · 2023-09-07 ·

A testing device for an unmanned aerial vehicle where the testing device tests the performance of a tested motor (100). The testing device has a support stand (200), and the tested motor (100) is arranged on the support stand (200). A simulated motor (300) is arranged on the support stand (200), and the simulated motor (300) is coaxially arranged with the tested motor (100) to simulate a load when the tested motor (100) is in operation, thereby allowing a performance test of the tested motor (100).

CONTROL APPARATUS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM
20230028308 · 2023-01-26 ·

Problems to be Solved

To provide a control apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial system capable of pruning a tree by appropriately specifying a pruning position to prune a branch of the tree and further adjusting a shape of the tree.

[Solution]

A control apparatus 3 for an unmanned aerial vehicle 2 according to the present invention includes a tree shape information generation section 312 capable of generating tree shape information of a target tree T1 targeted for pruning by using two or more tree images P of the target tree T1 taken from different directions and a shape generating neural network N1; a pruning position specifying section 316 capable of specifying a pruning position of the target tree T1 by using the tree shape information; an operation control section 318 capable of controlling a flight state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an operation of the pruning structure in accordance with the pruning position P; a tree shape evaluation receiving section 313 capable of receiving a tree shape evaluation related to the tree shape information; and a shape learning section 314 capable of causing the shape generation neural network N1 to machine-learn a shape of the tree on the basis of the tree images, the tree shape information, and the tree shape evaluation.

Motor and unmanned aerial vehicle
11447258 · 2022-09-20 · ·

A motor includes a bottom and a top opposite to the bottom. The bottom is a mounting side of the motor and the bottom is inclined relative to a rotation axis of the motor.

Method for controlling flight of unmanned aerial robot by unmanned aerial system and apparatus supporting the same

Provided is a method for controlling flight of a drone and an apparatus supporting the same. More specifically, the drone according to the present invention determines whether or not a specific condition is satisfied to deploy a parachute during the flight, and in a case where the specific condition is satisfied, the drone may stop an operation of one or more propellers to deploy the parachute. Next, the drone deploys the parachute, the parachute is deployed toward an area beside the drone, and the flight of the drone may be controlled by adjusting a rotation speed of each of the one or more propellers.