CN105406614A - Landing guide apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a landing guide apparatus. The landing guide apparatus is characterized by comprising an upper cover (1), an upper deep groove bearing (2), upper fan-shaped permanent magnets (3), a conductive circular plate (4), a framework (5), hollow fan-shaped coils (6), a central shaft (7), lower fan-shaped permanent magnets (8), a lower deep groove bearing (9), a base (10) and a reset spring (11), wherein the upper cover (1) and the base (10) are both cyclic circular parts; the upper cover (1) and the base (10) are accordant in sizes and buckled together; the opening of the upper cover (1) is downward; a plurality of upper mounting grooves are uniformly distributed in the circumference of the upper cover (1); each upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) is fixed in the upper mounting groove; and the upper deep groove bearing (2) is mounted on the central hole of the upper cover (1).
Description
Technical field
The invention belongs to instrument technology, design the improvement to a kind of guidance device that lands.
Background technology
Current landing guidance device all uses electromagnetic induction principle, all that two command bars of pitching and incline direction support the use on Horizon table, guide aircraft landing, in flight course, command bar disappearance is in Horizon table display window, after pilot provides approaching signal, command bar appears in Horizon table display window, aircraft is different relative to the position of destination, the control voltage of command bar can change, and then making command bar be in diverse location in the window, pilot judges the position of aircraft relative to destination according to the diverse location of command bar.
There is complex structure in current landing guidance device, pointing accuracy is poor, volume is large, weight is large, manufacturability is poor, can not normally disappear, poor insulativity, the easily shortcoming such as scratch mutually.There is the problems such as pointing accuracy difference.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is: invent the landing guidance device that a structure is simple, pointing accuracy is high, volume is little, weight is little, good manufacturability, good insulating, reliability are high.
Technical solution of the present invention is: a kind of landing guidance device, it is characterized in that, upper cover (1), upper zanjon bearing (2), upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3), conductive circular plate (4), skeleton (5), hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6), central shaft (7), lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8), lower zanjon bearing (9), base (10) and back-moving spring (11)
Upper cover (1) and base (10) are circle shape part, upper cover (1) and base (10) mutual fastening in the same size,
Open Side Down for upper cover (1), upper cover (1) circumference is evenly distributed with some upper mounting grooves, each fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) is all fixed in the upper mounting groove at place, and upper zanjon bearing (2) is arranged on the centre bore of upper cover (1);
The opening upwards of base (10) is provided with lower mounting groove, the quantity of lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) is consistent with the quantity of upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) to be all installed in lower mounting groove, descend the position of the position of fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) and upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) just right, the polarity of lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) is contrary with the polarity of just right upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3), and lower zanjon bearing (9) is arranged on the centre bore of base (10);
Central shaft (7) is Step Shaft, the step surface of central shaft (7) upper end installs zanjon bearing (2), the step surface of central shaft (7) lower end installs lower zanjon bearing (9), central shaft (7) middle part suit is fixed with conductive circular plate (4)
The profile of skeleton (5) is hollow fan-shaped, skeleton (5) is bonded in conductive circular plate (4) on the surface, skeleton (5) is bonded with hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6), each hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6) is end to end, the side of each hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6) is between just right upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) and lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8)
Also being provided with back-moving spring (11) between conductive circular plate (4) and upper cover or lower cover, for overcoming electromagnetic torque, conductive circular plate (4) being resetted.
Further, upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) quantity is 4,6 or 8.
Further, upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) and lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) are samarium-cobalt alloy permanent magnet material.
Further, the edge of upper cover (1) or base (10) is provided with peristome, command bar (12) be fixed on conductive circular plate (4) surface and along conductive circular plate (4) radial direction, central shaft (7) is pointed in one end, and the other end stretches out from peristome.
Further, command bar (12) is hollow stainless steel tube, and Integral bending is shaping.
Advantage of the present invention is:
The first, structure is simple.Its reason is: 1, can not keep in repair in conjunction with traditional handicraft coil, not reusable feature, the bonding mode of epoxide-resin glue is have employed in a large number in this structure, avoid that the securing member such as screw, rivet connected mode complex structure, structure are yielding, the shortcoming such as low precision, poor reliability, spring possesses transmission of electricity effect simultaneously and produces the effect of restoring moment, and structure is simple.
The second, pointing accuracy is high.Its reason is: coil of the present invention is arranged on skeleton, and use frock to carry out loop shaping and installation, ensure that coil has accurate relative position, simultaneously all to use fluoroplastics frock to carry out bonding for permanent magnet, ensure that permanent magnet has accurate relative position.Bearing regulates the use of pad to ensure that the moment of friction of bearing is minimum, and plumbous counterweight is welded on copper coin, and carries out indifferent equilibrium to landing index mechanism, makes the unbalanced moments of landing index mechanism minimum.Spring mounting seat is provided with U-lag, can the restoring moment of regulating spring, have employed the command bar of the stainless steel tube material of integrated bending and forming, avoid the distortion in segmented instruction bar welding process, ensure that high pointing accuracy.
Three, weight and volume is little.Its reason is that securing member is few, and eliminates the structures such as hairspring.
Four, good manufacturability, good insulating.Its reason is: in the present invention, central shaft and copper coin adopt the mode of laser welding, better than rivet mode manufacturability, coil is fixed by skeleton, avoid people and disassemble the next damage of bare wire astragal, command bar is monolithic molding Stainless Steel pipe, avoid and think the welding problems such as difficulty is large, skeleton adopts and strengthens nylon plastic pressuring piece, and its insulating properties is surperficial than copper coin, and to spray the mode of insulating varnish more reliable.
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Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is perspective view of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is stereochemical structure schematic top plan view of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is structure elevational schematic view of the present invention.
Embodiment
Consult Fig. 1 to 4, a kind of landing guidance device, it is characterized in that, upper cover 1, upper zanjon bearing 2, upper fan-shaped permanent magnet 3, conductive circular plate 4, skeleton 5, hollow sector (-shaped) coil 6, central shaft 7, lower fan-shaped permanent magnet 8, lower zanjon bearing 9, base 10 and back-moving spring 11
Upper cover 1 and base 10 are circle shape part, upper cover 1 and base 10 mutual fastening in the same size,
Open Side Down for upper cover 1, and upper cover 1 circumference is evenly distributed with 4 upper mounting grooves, each 90 degree, upper installation slot, each fan-shaped permanent magnet 3 is all fixed in the upper mounting groove at place, and upper zanjon bearing (2) is arranged on the centre bore of upper cover 1;
The opening upwards of base 10 is provided with 4 lower mounting grooves, each 90 degree, lower installation slot, also being 4 and being all installed in lower mounting groove of the quantity of lower fan-shaped permanent magnet 8 and upper fan-shaped permanent magnet 3, descend the position of the position of fan-shaped permanent magnet 8 and upper fan-shaped permanent magnet 3 just right, the polarity of lower fan-shaped permanent magnet 8 is contrary with the polarity of just right upper fan-shaped permanent magnet 3, and lower zanjon bearing 9 is arranged on the centre bore of base 10;
Central shaft 7 is Step Shaft, and the step surface of central shaft 7 upper end installs zanjon bearing 2, and the step surface of central shaft 7 lower end installs lower zanjon bearing 9, and in the middle part of central shaft 7, suit is fixed with conductive circular plate 4,
The profile of skeleton 5 is hollow fan-shaped, skeleton 5 is bonded in conductive circular plate 4 on the surface, skeleton 5 is bonded with hollow sector (-shaped) coil 9, and each hollow sector (-shaped) coil 9 is end to end, the side of each hollow sector (-shaped) coil 9 is between just right upper fan-shaped permanent magnet 3 and lower fan-shaped permanent magnet 8
Conductive circular plate 4 being also provided with back-moving spring 11 makes conductive circular plate 4 reset for overcoming electromagnetic torque.
Upper fan-shaped permanent magnet 3 and lower fan-shaped permanent magnet 8 are samarium-cobalt alloy permanent magnet material.
The edge of upper cover 1 or base 10 is provided with peristome, and command bar 12 is fixed on conductive circular plate 4 surface and along conductive circular plate 4 radial direction, central shaft 7 is pointed in one end, and the other end stretches out from peristome.
Command bar 12 is hollow stainless steel tube, and Integral bending is shaping.
Operation principle of the present invention is:
The upper cover and base of landing guidance device are fixed with a group permanent-magnet respectively, corresponding with magnet in the middle of two groups of magnet have 4 end to end coils, coil and guide rods all connect firmly on copper coin, when there being direct current to flow through in coil, produce electromagnetic force in the permanent magnetic field that hot-wire coil is formed at two group permanent-magnets, drive the guide rods rotation together with connecting firmly with coil.The input of coil, output are welded on two conductive poles respectively, at two springs that have been connected respectively between conductive pole and upper cover, in order to produce the moment making command bar reset, and carry out circuit transmission.
Guide rods displacement can by changing the pulling force size of recovery spring or regulating potentiometer to determine.
When normal flight, the voltage of command bar spring input is ± 13V, and command bar deflection angle can be made to reach maximum;
After control system provides approaching signal according to the distance of plane distance target landing point, command bar is according to (0 ~ 6) V approaching signal voltage of input, deflection (0 ~ 12) mm scope, pilot can judge the position of aircraft relative to impact point intuitively according to the deflection distance of command bar.
Claims (5)
1. a landing guidance device, it is characterized in that, upper cover (1), upper zanjon bearing (2), upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3), conductive circular plate (4), skeleton (5), hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6), central shaft (7), lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8), lower zanjon bearing (9), base (10) and back-moving spring (11)
Upper cover (1) and base (10) are circle shape part, upper cover (1) and base (10) mutual fastening in the same size,
Open Side Down for upper cover (1), upper cover (1) circumference is evenly distributed with some upper mounting grooves, each fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) is all fixed in the upper mounting groove at place, and upper zanjon bearing (2) is arranged on the centre bore of upper cover (1);
The opening upwards of base (10) is provided with lower mounting groove, the quantity of lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) is consistent with the quantity of upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) to be all installed in lower mounting groove, descend the position of the position of fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) and upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) just right, the polarity of lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) is contrary with the polarity of just right upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3), and lower zanjon bearing (9) is arranged on the centre bore of base (10);
Central shaft (7) is Step Shaft, the step surface of central shaft (7) upper end installs zanjon bearing (2), the step surface of central shaft (7) lower end installs lower zanjon bearing (9), central shaft (7) middle part suit is fixed with conductive circular plate (4)
The profile of skeleton (5) is hollow fan-shaped, skeleton (5) is bonded in conductive circular plate (4) on the surface, skeleton (5) is bonded with hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6), each hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6) is end to end, the side of each hollow sector (-shaped) coil (6) is between just right upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) and lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8)
Also being provided with back-moving spring (11) between conductive circular plate (4) and upper cover or lower cover, for overcoming electromagnetic torque, conductive circular plate (4) being resetted.
2. landing guidance device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) quantity is 4,6 or 8.
3. landing guidance device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, upper fan-shaped permanent magnet (3) and lower fan-shaped permanent magnet (8) are samarium-cobalt alloy permanent magnet material.
4. landing guidance device according to claim 1, comprise command bar (12), it is characterized in that, the edge of upper cover (1) or base (10) is provided with peristome, command bar (12) be fixed on conductive circular plate (4) surface and along conductive circular plate (4) radial direction, central shaft (7) is pointed in one end, and the other end stretches out from peristome.
5. landing guidance device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, command bar (12) is hollow stainless steel tube, and Integral bending is shaping.
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