CN111319777A

CN111319777A - Device for installing battery and unmanned aerial vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN111319777A
Application number: CN202010201911.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙亮; 郭晓凯; 彭涛; 李红山; 欧迪
Original assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-14
Filing date: 2016-11-14
Publication date: 2020-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-14
Also published as: CN106687374B; WO2018086132A1; CN106687374A; CN111319777B

Abstract

The invention discloses a device (100) for mounting a battery, the device (100) being used for mounting a battery (10) provided with at least one guide rail (120). The device (100) includes a battery mount (20) and a slider (30). The battery mounting seat (20) is provided with at least one guide groove (224) corresponding to the at least one guide rail (120) and a sliding groove (226) communicated with the at least one guide groove (224). The sliding piece (30) is installed on the battery installation seat (20) and can slide into the guide groove (224) along the sliding groove (226). When the guide rail (120) of the battery (10) starts to be caught in the corresponding guide groove (224), the slider (30) moves along the slide groove (226) to slide into the slide groove (226). When the battery (10) is snapped into place, the slider (30) interferes with the end of the at least one rail (120) to prevent the rail (120) from sliding out of the guide slot (224). The invention also discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle (200).

Description

Device for installing battery and unmanned aerial vehicle

Technical Field

The invention relates to the unmanned aerial vehicle technology, in particular to a device for installing a battery and an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Background

Unmanned aerial vehicle is a flying device who is in rapid development, and it has flexible, the reaction is quick, unmanned flight, operation require low advantage. At present, the application range of unmanned aerial vehicles has been expanded to three fields of military affairs, scientific research and civil use, and specifically, unmanned aerial vehicles can execute various tasks in the fields of electric power, communication, weather, agriculture, oceans, exploration, photography, disaster prevention and reduction, crop production estimation, drug control and smuggling, border patrol, public security and counter terrorism and the like. With the application of unmanned aerial vehicles becoming more and more extensive, the battery also receives people's attention as the key element that provides power among the unmanned aerial vehicle more and more. The user does not know whether the battery installation targets in place after the battery is installed in the existing unmanned aerial vehicle, once the battery is not installed in place, the unmanned aerial vehicle cannot execute a flight task, the user can be mistakenly judged that the unmanned aerial vehicle has a fault, and the user experience is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to solving at least one of the technical problems occurring in the prior art. For this reason, embodiments of the present invention need to provide a device for installing a battery and a drone.

The embodiment of the invention provides a device for installing a battery, which is used for installing the battery provided with at least one guide rail, and comprises a battery installation seat and a sliding part, wherein the battery installation seat is provided with at least one guide groove corresponding to the at least one guide rail and a sliding groove communicated with the at least one guide groove; the sliding piece is installed on the battery installation seat and can slide into the guide groove along the sliding groove; when the at least one guide rail of the battery starts to be clamped into the corresponding guide groove, the sliding piece moves along the sliding groove and slides into the sliding groove; when the battery is snapped into place, the slider interferes with the end of the at least one guide rail to prevent the guide rail from sliding out of the guide slot.

In some embodiments, the device further comprises a button coupled to the slider, the button being exposed from the battery mount, the button being capable of moving the slider along the chute.

In some embodiments, the battery mounting seat is provided with a mounting groove, the mounting groove includes a bottom wall and a first side wall extending from the bottom wall and attached to an end of the battery, and the at least one guide groove and the sliding groove are formed in the bottom wall of the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, the bottom wall includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other, the at least one guide groove is disposed on the first side, the sliding member includes a first slider, a second slider, and a connecting member connecting the first slider and the second slider, the first slider is disposed on the first side, the second slider and the circuit are disposed on the second side, and the connecting member penetrates through the bottom wall; the first sliding block is connected to the bottom of the sliding groove through an elastic piece; or/and the second sliding block is connected to the second side of the bottom wall through an elastic piece.

In some embodiments, a width of the first slider in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the guide groove is smaller than a depth of the slide groove.

In some embodiments, the first slider, the second slider, and the connecting member are integrally formed as the slider.

In some embodiments, the elastic member includes any one of a metal spring and a rubber spring.

In some embodiments, the first sliding block is in a wedge-shaped structure and includes a sliding block bottom surface, a sliding block side surface, and an inclined surface connecting the sliding block bottom surface and the sliding block side surface, one end of the elastic member is fixed at the bottom of the sliding groove, the other end of the elastic member is connected with the sliding block bottom surface, and the sliding block side surface is closer to the first side wall than the inclined surface.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a guide plate fixedly attached to the second side of the bottom wall, the guide plate and the bottom wall forming a guide cavity, and the second slider is received in the guide cavity.

In certain embodiments, the at least one guide slot is perpendicular to the chute.

In some embodiments, the device further comprises a circuit disposed on the battery mount, the circuit comprising a switch and the slider; when the at least one guide rail of the battery starts to be clamped into the corresponding guide groove, the sliding piece moves along the sliding groove to enable the switch to be switched off; when the battery is clamped in place, the sliding piece moves along the sliding groove to close the switch, and the battery supplies power to the circuit to enable the circuit to send an indicating signal.

In some embodiments, the switch includes a fixed terminal and a movable terminal, one end of the movable terminal is elastically connected to the fixed terminal, and the other end of the movable terminal is separated from the fixed terminal, and the movable terminal is configured to contact the fixed terminal when pressed by an external force to close the switch.

In some embodiments, a connection electrode electrically connected to the circuit is disposed on the first sidewall, a contact electrode is disposed on the end of the battery, and when the battery is snapped into place, the contact electrode is electrically connected to the connection electrode, and the switch is closed to form a closed loop of the circuit.

In some embodiments, the mounting groove further includes a second sidewall and a third sidewall extending from the bottom wall, the first sidewall is connected between the second sidewall and the third sidewall, and a guide rail is disposed on the second sidewall and/or the third sidewall, the guide rail being configured to cooperate with a guide groove disposed on the battery.

In some embodiments, the moving terminal is disposed outside the moving path of the second slider, and the second slider includes a body portion and a protruding portion for pressing the moving terminal to close the switch.

In some embodiments, the moving terminal is disposed on a moving path of the second slider, and the second slider is configured to press the moving terminal to close the switch.

In some embodiments, the circuit includes a display unit that displays the indicator signal.

In some embodiments, the circuit includes a communication unit for transmitting the indication signal to a terminal.

The unmanned aerial vehicle of this application embodiment includes the device of any embodiment of this application.

In some embodiments, the number of the devices is two, the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a body, and the two devices are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the body.

In some embodiments, each device includes a button exposed outside the body, a first button and a second button disposed within the first button, the first button and the second button being configured to be pressed at a time/at a time to control the respective movement/simultaneous movement of the sliders of the two devices.

Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of embodiments of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a drone according to some embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view at I in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the battery of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the battery of fig. 1 from another perspective.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a state of a second side of the mounting groove bottom wall of the drone in fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of another state of the second side of the bottom wall of the mounting groove of the unmanned aerial vehicle in fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a slider of the drone of fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the slider of the drone of fig. 1 from another perspective.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a circuit of the drone in fig. 1.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the combination button and detection device of the drone of fig. 1.

Description of the drawings with the main elements symbols:

the unmanned aerial vehicle 200, the detection device 100, the body 102, the first button 104 and the second button 106;

battery 10, bottom surface 12, guide rail 120, first side surface 14, second side surface 16, first guide groove 160, third side surface 18, second guide groove 180;

battery mount 20, mounting groove 20a, bottom wall 22, first side 220, second side 222, guide groove 224, slide groove 226, bottom 226a, first side wall 24, connecting electrode 240, second side wall 26, third side wall 28, second guide rail 280;

the slider 30, the first slider 32, the slider bottom surface 320, the slider side surface 322, the slider inclined surface 324, the second slider 34, the body 340, the protrusion 342, and the connecting piece 36;

elastic member 40, guide plate 50, guide cavity 52, button 60;

circuit 70, switch 72, fixed terminal 720, mobile terminal 722, display unit 74, communication unit 76.

Detailed Description

The following further describes embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings. The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functionality throughout.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the embodiments of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "certain embodiments," "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, an unmanned aerial vehicle 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 102 and two detection devices 100, where the two detection devices 100 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the main body 102.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 5 and 9, each detecting device 100 includes a battery 10, a battery mounting base 20, a sliding member 30, a guiding plate 50, a button 60 and a circuit 70.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the battery 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped structure, and includes a bottom 12, a first side 14, a second side 16, and a third side 18. The first side 14 is located at the end of the battery 10 that snaps into the body 102 along the battery 10, with the first side 14 away from the beginning of the snap. The second side 16 and the third side 18 are located at two opposite ends of the battery 10 and are connected to the first side 14, the second side 16 corresponds to the top of the body 102, and the third side 18 corresponds to the bottom of the body 102. The bottom surface 12 is connected to each of the first side surface 14, the second side surface 16, and the third side surface 18.

The bottom surface 12 is provided with two guide rails 120, and the guide rails 120 are rectangular. The first side 14 is provided with contact electrodes (not shown). The first guide groove 160 is formed in the second side surface 16, and the second guide groove 180 is formed in the third side surface 18. In other embodiments, the battery 10 may be a structure of other shapes, such as: the cross section is a cylindrical structure of a circle, an ellipse, a triangle, a pentagon, a hexagon and the like. The number of the guide rails 120 is not limited to two in the present embodiment, and may be any number such as one, three, or four. The shape of the guide rail 120 is not limited to the rectangular bar shape in the present embodiment, and may be other shapes, for example: the cross section is a cylindrical structure of a circle, an ellipse, a triangle, a pentagon, a hexagon and the like.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the battery mounting seat 20 is provided with a mounting groove 20a for mounting the battery 10. The mounting groove 20a includes a bottom wall 22, a first sidewall 24 extending from the bottom wall 22 and attached to the first side 14 of the end of the battery 10, and second and

third sidewalls

26 and 28 connected to both the bottom wall 22 and the first sidewall 24. The second sidewall 26 is proximate the top of the fuselage 102 and the third sidewall 28 is proximate the bottom of the fuselage 102. When the battery 10 is inserted into the mounting groove 20a, the bottom wall 22, the first side wall 24, the second side wall 26 and the third side wall 28 are respectively attached to the bottom surface 12, the first side surface 14, the second side surface 16 and the third side surface 18.

Referring to fig. 2 and 5, the bottom wall 22 includes a first side 220 and a second side 222. Two guide grooves 224 corresponding to the two guide rails 120 and a slide groove 226 communicated with one guide groove 224 are formed in the bottom wall 22 of the first side 220, and the guide grooves 224 and the slide groove 226 are perpendicular to each other.

The first sidewall 24 is provided with a connection electrode 240 electrically connected to the circuit 70 and corresponding to a contact electrode (not shown) of the battery 10.

The second side wall 26 is provided with a first guide rail (not shown) corresponding to the first guide groove 160 of the second side surface 16, and the third side wall 28 is formed with a second guide rail 280 corresponding to the guide groove of the third surface 126. The shape and size of the first guide rail matches the shape and size of the first guide groove 160; the shape and size of the second guide rail 280 match those of the second guide groove 180.

Referring to fig. 2, 6 and 7, the sliding member 30 includes a first sliding block 32, a second sliding block 34 and a connecting member 36. The slider 30 is elastically connected to the bottom 226a of the slide groove 226 by the elastic member 40 to be fixed to the bottom wall 22.

The first slider 32 has a wedge-shaped structure, and includes a slider bottom surface 320, a slider side surface 322, and a slider inclined surface 324 connecting the slider bottom surface 320 and the slider side surface 322. The slider side 322 is opposite the first side wall 24, and the slider side 322 is closer to the first side wall 24 than the slider slope 324. Referring to fig. 2, 5 and 6, when the battery 10 is inserted into the mounting groove 20a and is locked in place, the side surface 322 of the first sliding block 32 abuts against the end of the guide rail 120. That is, the length of the guide rail 120 is less than or equal to the distance between the end of the guide groove 224 near the first side wall 24 and the slider side 322. One end of the elastic member 40 is fixed to the bottom 226a of the slide groove 226, and the other end is connected to the slider bottom surface 320, so that the first slider 32 is accommodated in the slide groove 226, and the first slider 32 can slide into the guide groove 224 along the slide groove 226.

In the initial state, the elastic member 40 applies a force to the first slider 32 to press the first slider 32 into the guide groove 224. In the present embodiment, the elastic member 40 is a compression spring, and may be, but is not limited to, a metal spring or a rubber spring. In other embodiments, the elastic member 40 may be other elastic elements.

The second slider 34 includes a body 340 and a protrusion 342 disposed on the body 340 and extending outward of the body 340.

The connecting member 36 penetrates through the bottom wall 22 and connects the first slider 32 and the second slider 34, and the first slider 32, the second slider 34 and the connecting member 36 are integrally formed into the sliding member 30. In other embodiments, the first slider 32, the second slider 34 and the connecting member 36 may be formed as separate parts, and the three parts are assembled into the slider 30 by one or more of screw thread, clamping, welding, gluing, etc

The guide plate 50 is fixedly attached to the second side 222 of the bottom wall 22 by screws. The guide plate 50 and the bottom wall 22 form a guide cavity 52, and the body 340 of the second slider 34 is received in the guide cavity 52.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the button 60 is disposed on the top of the battery mounting base 20, one end of the button 60 passes through the second sidewall 26 of the battery mounting base 20 and then is connected to the second slider 34, and the other end of the button 60 is exposed out of the main body 102 of the drone 200 from the battery mounting base 20. When the button 60 is pressed, the second sliding block 34 and the first sliding block 32 are moved, and the first sliding block 32 leaves the guiding groove 224 and slides completely into the sliding groove 226, so that the side surface 322 of the sliding block does not abut against the end of the guiding rail 120, so that the battery 10 can be taken out from the mounting groove 20 a. When the button 60 is released, the elastic member 40 pushes the button 60 through the slider 30 to restore the button 60 to its original position.

Referring to fig. 2 and 10, the two buttons 60 of the two detecting devices 100 are respectively defined as a first button 104 and a second button 106, the second button 106 is disposed in the first button 104 and works independently, and the first button 104 and the second button 105 can be pressed in a time-sharing manner to control the sliding members 30 of the two detecting devices 100 to move in a time-sharing manner. The first button 104 and the second button 106 can be pressed simultaneously to control the movement of the sliders 30 of the two detection devices 100 simultaneously.

Referring to fig. 5-6 and 9, the circuit 70 includes a switch 72 and a display unit 74. The switch 72 includes a fixed terminal 720 and a moving terminal 722. One end of the movable terminal 722 is elastically connected to the fixed terminal 720, and the other end of the movable terminal 722 is separated from the fixed terminal 720 to be a free end. When the movable terminal 722 is pressed by an external force, the free end of the movable terminal 722 contacts the fixed terminal 720, and the switch 72 is closed, and at this time, the switch 72 is in a conducting state. The elastic connection end of the moving terminal 722 has an elastic restoring force for separating the other end of the moving terminal 722, and when the moving terminal 722 is not pressed by an external force, the free end of the moving terminal 722 is separated from the fixed terminal 720 and returns to a free state, and the switch 72 is turned off, that is, in a natural state, the free end of the moving terminal 722 is separated from the fixed terminal 720, and the switch 72 is in an off non-conducting state.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the moving terminal 722 is disposed outside the moving path of the second slider 34, that is, the moving terminal 722 is disposed outside the extending direction of the guiding cavity 52. When the first slider 32 moves toward the direction approaching the guide groove 224, the first slider 32 drives the protrusion 342 of the second slider 34 to slide, the protrusion 342 presses the moving terminal 722 of the switch 72 to move, and the free end of the moving terminal 722 contacts the fixed terminal 720, so that the switch 72 is closed.

The display unit 74 includes any one of an indicator light, a display screen, and the like, when the battery 10 is snapped into place, the battery 10 supplies power to the circuit 70, the circuit 70 sends an indication signal, and the display unit 74 is used to display the indication signal. For example: when the display unit 74 is an indicator light, the circuit 70 sends an indication signal to turn on the indicator light; when the display unit 74 is a display screen, the circuit 70 sends an indication signal to turn on the display screen or display related information indicating that the battery 10 is stuck in place, which may be any one or more of text, graphics or sound.

When the guide rail 120 of the battery 10 starts to be inserted into the corresponding guide slot 224, the side wall of the guide rail 120 abuts against the first slider 32 to move the first slider 32 along the sliding slot 226 toward the bottom 226a of the sliding slot 226, and the first slider 32 drives the protrusion 342 of the second slider 34 to move in the direction away from the switch 72, so that the movable terminal 722 is separated from the fixed terminal 720 under the elastic restoring force to disconnect the switch 72.

When the battery 10 is snapped into place, the contact electrode provided at the first side 14 of the battery 10 is in contact with and electrically conducted to the connection electrode 240 provided at the first side wall 24. The first slider 32 moves along the sliding slot 226 towards the direction away from the bottom 226a of the sliding slot 226 under the action of the elastic element 40, and the first slider 32 drives the protrusion 342 of the second slider 34 to move towards the switch 72, so that the protrusion 342 will interfere with and press the moving terminal 722 to make the moving terminal 722 contact with the fixed terminal 720, and the switch 72 is closed. At this point, the circuit 70 forms a closed loop and the battery 10 is electrically connected in the circuit 70 to power the circuit 70 to cause the circuit 70 to issue an indication signal that the display unit 74 displays to indicate to the user that the battery 10 is snapped into place.

The detection device 100 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with the circuit 70 capable of sending the indication signal that the battery 10 is in place on the battery mounting base 20, and the battery 10 and the switch 72 are arranged in the circuit 70 so as to supply power to the circuit 70 through the battery 10 and control the conduction of the switch 72 and the circuit 70 through the slider 30, thereby sending the indication signal that the battery 10 is in place so that the user can determine whether the battery 10 is in place. When the battery 10 is not installed in place and the unmanned aerial vehicle 200 cannot execute a flight task, the user can give priority to the problem that the battery is not installed in place, and the problem that the battery is not installed in place can not be judged by mistake in advance to cause a fault in the unmanned aerial vehicle 200, so that the user experience is improved.

The unmanned aerial vehicle 200 of the embodiment of the invention also has the following beneficial effects. The cooperation between the first and second guide grooves 160 and the first guide rail 260 facilitates the battery 10 to be clamped on the battery mounting seat 20 and prevents the battery 10 from falling off from the battery mounting seat 20, so that the structure of the detection device 100 is more stable. Secondly, the guide groove 224 and the sliding groove 226 are designed to be perpendicular to each other, so that the guide rail 120 can conveniently push the first slider 32 into the sliding groove 226. The third and first sliders 32 are wedge-shaped. When the battery 10 is mounted on the battery mounting seat 20, the guide rail 120 pushes the first slider 32 to move. Further, upon completion of installation of the battery 10, the slider sides 322 can abut the ends of the rails 120 to prevent the rails 120 from sliding out of the channels 224. Fourth, the guide cavity 52 cooperates with the second slider 34 such that the second slider 34 is confined within the guide cavity 52 and is capable of moving in the direction of extension of the guide cavity 52.

In some embodiments, the rails 120 on the bottom surface 12 of the battery 10 may be T-shaped, and correspondingly, the guide slots 224 on the bottom wall 22 are also T-shaped to match the T-shaped rails 120. Thus, the battery 10 can be effectively prevented from falling off the battery mount 20.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the battery 10 may be formed with the first guide groove 160 only on the second side surface 16, or may be formed with the second guide groove 180 only on the third side surface 18.

In some embodiments, the manner in which the sliding member 30 is fixed to the bottom wall 22 by the elastic member 40 is not limited to the above manner, and may be: the elastic member 40 has one end fixed to the second side 222 of the bottom wall 22 and the other end fixed to the second slider 34. In the initial state, the elastic member 40 applies a force to the second slider 34 so that the first slider 32 coupled to the second slider 34 is drawn into the guide groove 224.

In some embodiments, the moving terminal 722 of the switch 72 may also be disposed on the moving path of the second slider 34, and the second slider 34 is used to press the moving terminal 722 to contact the moving terminal 722 with the fixed terminal 720 to close the switch. At this time, the protrusion 342 may not be provided to the second slider 34.

In some embodiments, the circuit 70 includes a communication unit 188, and when the circuit 70 forms a closed loop and the battery 10 powers the circuit 70, the communication unit 188 generates and sends an indication signal to a terminal in communication with the drone 200. The terminal can be an electronic device such as a remote controller, a mobile phone, a computer, a PAD, a ground station, an intelligent bracelet, an intelligent watch and an intelligent helmet. Therefore, a user can judge whether the battery 10 is installed in place through the indication signal remotely received by the terminal, and user experience is further improved.

In the description of the specification, reference to the terms "certain embodiments," "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples" means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, unless specifically limited otherwise.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations to the above embodiments within the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An apparatus for mounting a battery, the apparatus being for mounting a battery provided with at least one rail, the apparatus comprising:

the battery mounting seat is provided with at least one guide groove corresponding to the at least one guide rail and a sliding groove communicated with the at least one guide groove; and

the sliding piece is installed on the battery installation seat and can slide into the guide groove along the sliding groove;

when the at least one guide rail of the battery starts to be clamped into the corresponding guide groove, the sliding piece moves along the sliding groove and slides into the sliding groove;

when the battery is snapped into place, the slider interferes with the end of the at least one guide rail to prevent the guide rail from sliding out of the guide slot.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a button coupled to the slider, the button exposed from the battery mount, the button capable of moving the slider along the slide slot.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the battery mounting seat defines a mounting slot, the mounting slot including a bottom wall and a first side wall extending from the bottom wall and engaging an end of the battery, the at least one guide slot and the sliding slot being formed in the bottom wall of the mounting slot.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the bottom wall includes first and second opposing sides, the at least one guide slot is disposed on the first side, the slider includes a first slider, a second slider, and a connector connecting the first slider and the second slider, the first slider is disposed on the first side, the second slider and the circuit are disposed on the second side, and the connector is disposed through the bottom wall;

the first sliding block is connected to the bottom of the sliding groove through an elastic piece; or/and

the second slider is connected to the second side of the bottom wall through an elastic member.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a width of the first block in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the guide groove is smaller than a depth of the slide groove.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first slider, the second slider, and the connecting member are integrally formed as the sliding member.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the elastic member comprises any one of a metal spring and a rubber spring.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first slide is wedge-shaped and includes a bottom surface, a side surface, and an inclined surface connecting the bottom surface and the side surface, one end of the elastic member is fixed to the bottom of the sliding groove, the other end is connected to the bottom surface, and the side surface is closer to the first side wall than the inclined surface.

9. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a guide plate fixedly attached to the second side of the bottom wall, the guide plate and the bottom wall defining a guide cavity, the second slide being received in the guide cavity.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one guide slot is perpendicular to the chute.

11. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising circuitry disposed on the battery mount, the circuitry comprising a switch; when the at least one guide rail of the battery starts to be clamped into the corresponding guide groove, the sliding piece moves along the sliding groove to enable the switch to be switched off;

when the battery is clamped in place, the sliding piece moves along the sliding groove to close the switch, and the battery supplies power to the circuit to enable the circuit to send an indicating signal.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the switch includes a fixed terminal and a movable terminal, one end of the movable terminal is elastically connected to the fixed terminal, and the other end is separated from the fixed terminal, and the movable terminal is adapted to contact the fixed terminal when pressed by an external force to close the switch.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the first sidewall is provided with a connecting electrode electrically connected to the circuit, the end of the battery is provided with a contact electrode, when the battery is snapped into place, the contact electrode is electrically connected to the connecting electrode, and the switch is closed to form a closed loop for the circuit.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the mounting slot further comprises a second sidewall and a third sidewall extending from the bottom wall, the first sidewall is connected between the second sidewall and the third sidewall, and a guide rail is disposed on the second sidewall and/or the third sidewall, the guide rail being adapted to mate with a guide slot disposed on the battery.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the moving terminal is disposed outside a moving path of the second slider, the second slider including a body portion and a protrusion for pressing the moving terminal to close the switch.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the moving terminal is disposed on a moving path of the second slider, the second slider for pressing the moving terminal to close the switch.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the circuit comprises a display unit that displays the indication signal.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the circuit comprises a communication unit to send the indication signal to a terminal.

19. A drone, characterized in that it comprises a device according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

20. An unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 19, wherein the number of the devices is two, the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a fuselage, the two devices being disposed on opposite sides of the fuselage.

21. A drone according to claim 20, wherein each device comprises a button exposed outside the fuselage, respectively a first button and a second button provided inside the first button, the first and second buttons being used for time-shared/simultaneous pressure control of the respective movement/simultaneous movement of the slides of the two devices.