CN107235149B - A kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device - Google Patents

A kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device Download PDF

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CN107235149B
CN107235149B CN201710338369.7A CN201710338369A CN107235149B CN 107235149 B CN107235149 B CN 107235149B CN 201710338369 A CN201710338369 A CN 201710338369A CN 107235149 B CN107235149 B CN 107235149B
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张文昌
王晓芳
徐英
段莹星
张哲�
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罗亚楠
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The invention discloses a kind of plant protection unmanned planes of band landing damping device, including fuselage, video camera and supporting leg, the lower end surface center of fuselage is connected with video camera, four tops of the lower end surface of fuselage are respectively connected with supporting leg, the lower end of supporting leg is connected with connecting plate, this plant protection unmanned plane structure with landing damping device is simple, when plant protection drone landing, due to the injustice on ground, the impact of discontinuity, other than power straight down, the power that connecting plate moves downward generation is offset in the effect of four telescopic rods and the first spring, on the one hand, elastic slice and second spring offset impact force, on the other hand, electric energy is passed through the coil on electromagnet by generator, generate it magnetic, counteractive repulsive force is generated to permanent magnet, damping, buffering again will not damage structure, structure combination to sum up, from And achieve the effect that efficient damping, the landing safety of unmanned plane is protected significantly, and there is substantive distinguishing features outstanding and significant progress.

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A kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device
Technical field
The present invention relates to air vehicle technique field, specially a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device.
Background technique
Plant protection drone, as the term suggests it is the UAV for agriculture and forestry plant protection operation, the type unmanned aerial vehicle By flying platform (fixed-wing, helicopter, Multi-axis aircraft), navigation fly control, spraying mechanism three parts form, pass through ground remote control Or navigation flies control, Lai Shixian spraying operation can spray medicament, seed, pulvis etc..
" the civilian unmanned plane market analysis of China and Potential Prediction (2016 examination the distribution) " book gone out according to space occasion net 2016 Introduce, the agricultural plant protection unmanned plane in China at present still in its infancy, according to statistics, China's plant protection drone ownership in 2014 For 695 framves, 4,260,000 mu of total working area;China's plant protection drone ownership in 2015 is 2324 framves (31 province's statistics), total to make 1152.8 ten thousand mu of industry area, increasing degree is respectively 234%, 170.6%.Although amount of increase is obvious, generally speaking, the plant protection in China Unmanned plane system is not yet mature.Country's plant protection drone technology and properties of product are irregular at present, rare absolutely in numerous products It can satisfy large area high intensity plant protection sprinkling to require.A kind of remote control type agricultural spray flivver, body type is petite and function is strong Greatly, 8-10 kilograms of pesticide can be loaded, is sprayed insecticide in low latitude, the operation of achievable 0.07 hectare per minute.Its spraying efficiency is to pass Artificial 30 times of system.The aircraft uses Intelligent control, and manipulator implements to control by ground remote control device and GPS positioning to it, The downdraught that rotor generates helps to increase spray to the penetrability of crop, and control efficiency is good, while remote control is administered Substantially increase the safety of pesticide spraying.Agricultural pest etc. can also be monitored in real time by carrying video parts.It is existing Some plant protection unmanned planes, since damping effect is poor, often generate powerful impact failure, shadow in landing to fuselage The service life of unmanned plane is rung, for this purpose, proposing a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of plant protection unmanned planes of band landing damping device, to solve above-mentioned background The problem of being proposed in technology.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
A kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device, including fuselage, video camera and supporting leg, the lower end of fuselage Face center is connected with video camera, and four tops of the lower end surface of fuselage are respectively connected with supporting leg, and fuselage is integrated sealing structure, machine Body includes fuselage body and 4 horns, and battery, electron speed regulator, aircraft control device and GPS integration module are set in fuselage Portion;One end of horn is fixed on fuselage body, and the other end of horn is equipped with motor and the rotor of rotation is driven by motor, this For unmanned plane conventional arrangement;The lower end of the supporting leg is connected with connecting plate, and the lower section of connecting plate is equipped with mounting box, mounting box Gear and generator are provided in inner cavity, the lateral wall of generator is connected by connection frame with the intracavity sidewall of mounting box, gear It is connect with the shaft on generator;The lateral wall of mounting box is provided with bracket, and the bracket tilts upwards, and rotation connects above bracket It is connected to limited roller, the side wall of mounting box and is located above bracket (10) and is provided with through-hole;The lower end surface of the arc-shaped rack and Limited roller is slidably connected, and arc-shaped rack (5) is extended in the inner cavity of mounting box far from one end of the connection board by through-hole, arc-shaped gear It is engaged with gear the upper surface of item;
The upper surface of mounting box offers through slot, and recessed hemispherical Shell is equipped in through slot, pacifies in the inner cavity of hemispherical Shell Equipped with multiple electromagnet, coil and generator on electromagnet are electrically connected, and the top matching of the hemispherical Shell is correspondingly provided with forever Magnet, permanent magnet are connect by elastic slice with connecting plate, and the lower end surface of the connecting plate passes through the upper surface of telescopic rod and mounting box Connection, and the first spring is socketed on telescopic rod.
Preferably, two lateral walls of the mounting box are symmetrically connected with support plate, and the lower end of support plate is connected with ten thousand To wheel.
Preferably, the lower end surface of the mounting box is equipped with multiple groups motion bar, and every two motion bar is two in one group, every group The upper end of a motion bar and the bottom surface of mounting box are rotatablely connected, and are connected between two motion bars in every group by third spring It connects.
Preferably, it is connected between every group of motion bar by rubber column, the lower end of motion bar is respectively connected with rubber wheel.
Preferably, the number of the motion bar at least eight, and equidistantly distributed between motion bar.
Preferably, the electromagnet at least 16, and equidistantly distributed between electromagnet.
Preferably, the connecting plate is rectangular parallelepiped structure, and there are four telescopic rod numbers, and matrix point is presented between telescopic rod Cloth.
Preferably, pass through second spring there are two the elastic slice is total to, and between two elastic slices to connect.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: this plant protection unmanned plane knot with landing damping device Structure is simple, and body is sealing structure, can prevent rainwater from invading unmanned aerial vehicle control system in plant protection application, work as plant protection drone When landing, offset may be generated, other than power straight down, due to the injustice on ground, others can be generated The rubber wheel of the power of all directions, universal wheel and the connection of motion bar lower end can first with ground face contact, for different uneven Road conditions, third spring and rubber column between two motion bars can generate and stretch for keeping out the coarse of ground, ensure nobody Machine is firm to be fallen.At this point, the power that connecting plate moves downward generation is offset in the effect of four telescopic rods and the first spring, on the one hand, Elastic slice and second spring offset impact force, and on the other hand, moving down for connecting plate can drive arc-shaped rack to move downward simultaneously, Electric energy by the coil on electromagnet, generates it magnetic, to forever by the combination of arc-shaped rack, gear and generator, generator Magnet generates counteractive repulsive force, and damping, buffering will not cause contact-impact to structure again, meanwhile, permanent magnet and electromagnet are all It is to be designed using hemisphere, the structure of hemisphere can make plant protection drone be easier to offset the impact force in other directions, to sum up Structure Combination Design protect the landing safety of plant protection unmanned plane significantly, have to achieve the effect that efficient damping Substantive distinguishing features outstanding and significant progress.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is schematic structural view of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram in Fig. 1 of the present invention at A;
In figure: 1 fuselage, 101 fuselage bodies, 102 horns, 103 rotors, 2 video cameras, 3 supporting legs, 4 connecting plates, 5 arcs Rack gear, 6 mounting boxs, 7 gears, 8 connection frames, 9 limited rollers, 10 brackets, 11 telescopic rods, 12 first springs, 13 elastic slices, 14 second Spring, 15 permanent magnets, 16 hemispherical Shells, 17 electromagnet, 18 support plates, 19 universal wheels, 20 motion bars, 21 third springs, 22 rubber Column, 23 through-holes.
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Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The present invention provides a kind of technical solution referring to FIG. 1-2:
A kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device, including fuselage 1, video camera 2 and supporting leg 3, fuselage 1 Lower end surface center is connected with video camera 2, and four tops of the lower end surface of fuselage 1 are respectively connected with supporting leg 3, and fuselage 1 is integrated close Seal structure;Fuselage 1 includes fuselage body 101 and 4 horn 102, is equipped with battery, 4 40A electronic speed regulations in fuselage body 101 Device (corresponding with 4 motor positions), flight control assemblies and GPS, one end of horn 102 are fixed on fuselage body 101, horn 102 other end motor is installed and 4 rotor 103(for being driven by motor rotation this be unmanned plane conventional arrangement mode);Institute The lower end for stating supporting leg 3 is connected with connecting plate 4, and connecting plate 4 is rectangular parallelepiped structure, and the lower section of connecting plate 4 is equipped with mounting box 6, even The lower end surface two sides of fishplate bar 4 are respectively connected with one end of arc-shaped rack 5, and the lower end surface of arc-shaped rack 5 and the sliding of limited roller 9 connect It connects, one end rotation connection of limited roller 9 and bracket 10, the other end of bracket 10 and the lateral wall of mounting box 6 are obliquely installed company It connects, arc-shaped rack 5 rides on limited roller 9, and sideslip when preventing arc-shaped rack 5 mobile, the other end of arc-shaped rack 5 passes through logical Hole 23 extends in the inner cavity of mounting box 6, and arc-shaped rack 5 is engaged with the gear 7 in the inner cavity of mounting box 6, gear 7 and generator On shaft connection, the lateral wall of generator connected by connection frame 8 with the intracavity sidewall of mounting box 6.
The upper surface of mounting box 6 offers through slot, and recessed hemispherical Shell 16, the inner cavity of hemispherical Shell 16 are equipped in through slot In multiple electromagnet 17 are installed, electromagnet 17 at least 16, and equidistantly distributed between electromagnet 17, electromagnet 17 by Iron core and coil composition, coil are wound around on iron core, and hot-wire coil generates magnetic field, repels to permanent magnet 15, electromagnet Coil and generator on 17 are electrically connected, and the top matching of hemispherical Shell 16 is correspondingly provided with permanent magnet 15, and permanent magnet 15 is hemisphere Structure, permanent magnet 15 by being connected between elastic slice 13 and connecting plate 4, elastic slice 13 altogether there are two, and pass through between two elastic slices 13 Second spring 14 connects, and two elastic slices 13 are arcuate structure, under by external force, is squeezed and deformed, external force is recalled and extensive Shape is restored, cooperation second spring 14 more protects the stability of elastic slice 13, and the lower end surface of connecting plate 4 passes through 11 He of telescopic rod The upper surface of mounting box 6 connects, and the first spring 12 is socketed on telescopic rod 11, and there are four 11 numbers of telescopic rod, telescopic rod 11 Between present matrix distribution, two lateral walls of mounting box 6 are symmetrically connected with support plate 18, and the lower end of support plate 18 is connected with Universal wheel 19.
The lower end surface of mounting box 6 is equipped with multiple groups motion bar 20, motion bar 20 there are two every group, two motion bars in every group 20 upper end and the bottom surface of mounting box 6 are rotatablely connected, and are connected between two motion bars 20 in every group by third spring 21, Two motion bars 20 in every group and triangular symmetrical structure is constituted between third spring 21, pass through rubber between every group of motion bar 20 Column 22 connects, and the lower end of motion bar 20 is respectively connected with rubber wheel, and the number of motion bar 20 at least eight, and between motion bar 20 Equidistantly distributed.
Working principle: when plant protection drone landing when, universal wheel 19 and 20 lower end of motion bar connection rubber wheel can first with Ground face contact, for different rough road conditions, third spring 21 and rubber column 22 between two motion bars 20 can be produced Life is stretched for keeping out the coarse of ground.Unmanned plane may generate offset in falling, other than power straight down, due to The uneven reason on ground, can generate the power of other all directions, at this point, the effect of four telescopic rods 11 and the first spring 12 So that connecting plate 4 moves downward, on the one hand, elastic slice 13 and second spring 14 offset impact force, on the other hand, the shifting of connecting plate 4 Dynamic arc-shaped rack 5 to be driven simultaneously to move downward, arc-shaped rack 5 is rotated with moving gear 7, and gear 7 drives generator rotation, power generation Electric energy by the coil on electromagnet 17, generates it magnetic, generates counteractive repulsive force to permanent magnet 15 by machine, meanwhile, Permanent magnet 15 interacts using hemisphere design and the hemisphere distribution of electromagnet 17, and the structure of hemisphere can to plant It protects unmanned plane to be easier to offset impact, Structure Combination Design to sum up protects nothing to achieve the effect that efficient damping significantly Man-machine landing safety.
It although an embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described, for the ordinary skill in the art, can be with A variety of variations, modification, replacement can be carried out to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention by understanding And modification, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended.

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1. a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device, including fuselage (1), the lower end surface center connection of fuselage (1) Have video camera (2), four tops of the lower end surface of fuselage (1) are respectively connected with supporting leg (3), it is characterised in that: the fuselage (1) It is integrated sealing structure, the lower end of the supporting leg (3) is connected with connecting plate (4), and the lower end surface two sides of the connecting plate (4) are set There is the lower section of arc-shaped rack (5) connecting plate (4) to be equipped with mounting box (6);Gear is provided in the inner cavity of the mounting box (6) (7) it is connected by connection frame (8) with the intracavity sidewall of mounting box (6) with generator, the lateral wall of generator, gear (7) and hair Shaft connection on motor;The lateral wall of the mounting box (6) is provided with bracket (10), and the bracket (10) tilts upwards, branch It is rotatably connected to limited roller (9) above frame (10), the side wall of the mounting box (6) and being located above bracket (10) is provided with logical Hole (23);The lower end surface of the arc-shaped rack (5) and limited roller (9) are slidably connected, and the arc-shaped rack (5) is far from connecting plate (4) one end is extended in the inner cavity of mounting box (6) by through-hole (23), and the upper surface of arc-shaped rack (5) is engaged with gear (7);
The upper surface of the mounting box (6) offers through slot, and recessed hemispherical Shell (16) are equipped in through slot, hemispherical Shell (16) Inner cavity in be equipped with multiple electromagnet (17), the coil on electromagnet (17) and generator are electrically connected, the hemispherical Shell (16) top matching is correspondingly provided with permanent magnet (15), and permanent magnet (15) is connect by elastic slice (13) with connecting plate (4), the company The lower end surface of fishplate bar (4) is connect by telescopic rod (11) with the upper surface of mounting box (6), and is socketed with first on telescopic rod (11) Spring (12).
2. a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the peace Two lateral wall bottoms of mounted box (6) are symmetrically connected with support plate (18), and the lower end of support plate (18) is connected with universal wheel (19).
3. a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the peace The lower end surface of mounted box (6) is equipped with multiple groups motion bar (20), and every two motion bar (20) is two motion bars in one group, every group (20) bottom surface of upper end and mounting box (6) is rotatablely connected, and passes through third spring between two motion bars (20) in every group (21) it connects.
4. a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: the work The number of lever (20) at least eight, and equidistantly distributed between motion bar (20).
5. a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the electricity Magnet (17) at least 16, and equidistantly distributed between electromagnet (17).
6. a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the company Fishplate bar (4) is rectangular parallelepiped structure, and there are four telescopic rod (11) numbers, and matrix distribution is presented between telescopic rod (11).
7. a kind of plant protection unmanned plane of band landing damping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the bullet There are two piece (13) is total, and connected between two elastic slices (13) by second spring (14).
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