CN114180512A

CN114180512A - Unmanned aerial vehicle refueling equipment

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Publication number: CN114180512A
Application number: CN202111495897.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王朝阳; 甘发金; 尹燕斌
Original assignee: Rainbow UAV Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Rainbow UAV Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-08
Filing date: 2021-12-08
Publication date: 2022-03-15

Abstract

The utility model provides an unmanned aerial vehicle refueling equipment, includes the frame and locates tanker aircraft, fuel filter and add the oil pipe in the frame, and the tanker aircraft includes oil inlet and oil-out, and the oil inlet is through taking out oil pipe and oil storage bucket intercommunication, and the oil-out is strained through the fuel and is added oil pipe intercommunication, adds the end of oil pipe and is equipped with fixed subassembly for with unmanned aerial vehicle's oil filler hole joint. The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device provided by the invention is clamped with the unmanned aerial vehicle refueling port through the fixing component, so that the situation that one person needs to operate and hold the refueling pipe during refueling is avoided, and the manpower resource is saved.

Description

Unmanned aerial vehicle refueling equipment

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, and particularly relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device.

Background

Along with the rapid development of the high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle technology in China, the range and the flight time of the unmanned aerial vehicle are greatly improved, and the requirement of the unmanned aerial vehicle on the oil carrying capacity is greatly improved. In order to meet the requirement of large unmanned aerial vehicles such as a pterosaur 1 and a rainbow 4 which do not have a pressure refueling function on ground refueling time. Generally use portable tanker aircraft to refuel, need two operating personnel when refueling, alone control the tanker aircraft and in time change the oil storage bucket, alone control nozzle and fuel worry, the fuel is worried through tanker aircraft and fuel and is entered into unmanned engine oil tank, and intensity of labour is high, and extravagant manpower resources, causes the staff to receive the injury because of the need always control nozzle in severe weather such as severe cold, sand and dust simultaneously easily. Therefore, an unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device is needed to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide unmanned aerial vehicle refueling equipment, which at least solves the problem that a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicle refueling operators are needed.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides unmanned aerial vehicle refueling equipment which comprises a rack, a refueling machine, a fuel filter and a refueling pipe, wherein the refueling machine, the fuel filter and the refueling pipe are arranged on the rack, the refueling machine comprises an oil inlet and an oil outlet, the oil inlet is communicated with an oil storage barrel through a fuel pumping pipe, the oil outlet is communicated with the refueling pipe through the fuel filter, and a fixing assembly is arranged at the tail end of the refueling pipe and used for being clamped with a refueling port of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Preferably, the fuel dispenser comprises four side surfaces, the oil inlet and the oil outlet are located on a first side surface, the oil inlet is located below the oil outlet, and the fuel filter is arranged on a second side surface opposite to the first side surface.

Preferably, the oil pumping pipe comprises a first hose and a first hard pipe which are communicated, the first hose is communicated with the oil inlet, and the first hard pipe can be inserted into the rack.

Preferably, the oil outlet of the fuel dispenser is communicated with the inlet of the fuel filter through a first pipeline; and the outlet of the fuel filter is communicated with the refueling pipe through a second pipeline.

Preferably, the oil filling pipe folding and unfolding device is further included, a pair of stand columns is arranged on the rack, and the oil filling pipe is connected to the pair of stand columns through the oil filling pipe folding and unfolding device.

Preferably, the oil filling pipe retracting device comprises a bracket and a pair of support rods, the bracket is rotatably connected between the tops of the pair of stand columns, the bracket is provided with a through hole penetrating through the bracket in the length direction, and the oil filling pipe is inserted into the through hole;

a pair of the bracing piece articulates respectively in a pair of the side that the stand deviates from mutually, the both sides of bracket are equipped with a plurality of joint holes, work as the bracket for the stand rotate and with when the stand forms the contained angle, every the bracing piece can the joint in one side of bracket the joint is downthehole.

Preferably, the oil filling pipe comprises a second hose and a second hard pipe which are communicated, the second hard pipe is communicated with the second pipeline and is inserted into the through hole of the bracket, and the second hose is connected to the fixing component.

Preferably, fixed subassembly includes oil pipe mounting and oil filler hole mounting, the oil filler hole mounting cover is located the oil pipe mounting, unmanned aerial vehicle's oil filler hole department is equipped with the oil tank mounting, the oil filler hole mounting be used for the joint in the oil tank mounting.

Preferably, the periphery of oil filler hole mounting is equipped with a plurality of archs along the circumference equipartition, bellied tip is equipped with the draw-in groove of indent, the interior week of oil tank mounting is equipped with and is used for pegging graft bellied breach with locate the flange of breach both sides, the arch is used for inserting the breach rotates extremely the draw-in groove joint in the flange.

Preferably, the bottom of the frame is provided with four universal wheels.

The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device has the beneficial effects that: through fixed subassembly and unmanned aerial vehicle oil filler hole joint, need alone operation when avoiding refueling, the condition of alone controlling the oil pipe of adding is saved manpower resources.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in more detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings, in which like reference numerals generally represent like parts throughout.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural view of an unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a front view of an unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 shows a left side view of an unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling device of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 shows a right side view of an unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of an oil pumping pipe of the unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 shows a schematic view of a state in which a filler tube of an unmanned aerial vehicle refueling apparatus of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is lifted;

fig. 7 shows a schematic structural view of a stationary assembly of the unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling device of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 shows a schematic diagram of the state that the fixing assembly of the unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device is matched with the oil tank fixing piece according to the embodiment of the invention.

Description of reference numerals:

the fuel dispenser comprises a fuel dispenser 1, a machine frame 2, universal wheels 21, a first base plate 22, a second base plate 23, a 24-inserting pipe, a 3-fuel filter, a 4-fuel filling pipe, a 41-second hose, a 42-second hard pipe, a 5-fixing component, a 51-fuel pipe fixing piece, a 52-fuel filling port fixing piece, a 521 protrusion, a 522-clamping groove, a 53-fuel tank fixing piece, a 531 convex plate, a 6-fuel pumping pipe, a 61-first hose, a 62-first hard pipe, a 7-first pipeline, an 8-second pipeline, a 9-fuel filling pipe retracting device, a 91 bracket, a 92 supporting rod, 93 fixing holes and 10 stand columns.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below. While the following describes preferred embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention.

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device, which comprises a frame 2, a refueling machine 1 arranged on the frame 2, a fuel filter 3 and a refueling pipe 4, wherein the refueling machine 1 comprises an oil inlet and an oil outlet, the oil inlet is communicated with an oil storage barrel through an oil pumping pipe 6, the oil outlet is communicated with the refueling pipe 4 through the fuel filter 3, and the tail end of the refueling pipe 4 is provided with a fixing component 5 which is clamped with a refueling port of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device provided by the invention is clamped with the unmanned aerial vehicle refueling port through the fixing component, so that the situation that one person needs to operate and hold the refueling pipe during refueling is avoided, and the manpower resource is saved.

Tanker aircraft 1 is existing equipment, including taking the control box and locating the oil pump in the control box, be equipped with respectively on the control box with the oil inlet of the entry intercommunication of oil pump and with the oil-out of the export intercommunication of oil pump, the aperture of oil pump, power, rotational speed and relevant parameter such as electric intercommunication can be adjusted and control through the control end on the control box, this structure and principle are not the focus of this application, no longer give unnecessary details.

The oiling machine 1 is arranged on the frame 2, and four universal wheels 21 are arranged at the bottom of the frame 2 so as to realize the quick movement of the oiling machine 1 on a complex road surface. In this application, frame 2 forms through a plurality of square pipe welding, and is concrete, and the frame includes first bottom plate 22 and second bottom plate 23, and first bottom plate 22 is connected on second bottom plate 23 through a plurality of spliced poles, and first bottom plate 22 and second bottom plate 23 are the frame-type structure that forms through a plurality of square pipe welding, and the bottom of second bottom plate 23 is located to four universal wheels 21, and tanker aircraft 1 passes through bolted connection on first bottom plate 22.

In other embodiments of the present application, a handle may be disposed on the second bottom plate 23 for pushing the frame 2 to move.

The fuel is strained 3 and is had the product now for filter the fuel, can fix on first bottom plate 22 through the support, and be close to tanker aircraft 1 setting, guarantee to get into unmanned aerial vehicle's fuel cleanness. In this application, fuel loops through oil extraction pipe 6, tanker aircraft 1, fuel filter 3, adds oil pipe 4 and gets into unmanned aerial vehicle oil tank.

In one embodiment of the present application, the fuel dispenser 1 comprises four sides, an oil inlet and an oil outlet located at a first side, and the oil inlet located below the oil outlet, and the fuel filter 3 is located at a second side opposite to the first side.

In other embodiments of the present application, the oil inlet and the oil outlet may be disposed on different sides of the fuel dispenser 1, the fuel filter 3 may be disposed on any side, and not necessarily on a second side opposite to the first side, for example, the oil inlet and the oil outlet are disposed on the first side, the fuel filter 3 is also disposed on the first side, or a side adjacent to the first side, and the handle of the frame 2 may be disposed on the second side, so as to facilitate the movement of the fuel dispenser 1 of the frame 2.

As shown in fig. 5, the oil pumping pipe 6 includes a first hose 61 and a first hard pipe 62 which are communicated, the first hose 61 is communicated with the oil inlet, and the first hard pipe 62 can be inserted into the frame 2.

The second bottom plate 23 of the frame 2 is provided with an insertion tube 24 arranged along the vertical direction, the first hard tube 62 can be inserted into the insertion tube 24, and the first hard tube 62 can be pulled out and placed in the oil storage barrel when oil pumping is performed. The length of the first rigid pipe 62 can be set according to the depth of the swirl pot.

The oil outlet of the oiling machine 1 is communicated with the inlet of the fuel filter 3 through a first pipeline 7; the outlet of the fuel filter 3 is communicated with the oil filling pipe 4 through a second pipeline 8.

In one embodiment of the present application, the first pipeline 7 and the second pipeline 8 are flexible pipes, so as to facilitate the layout, and the first pipeline 7 or the second pipeline 8 can be fixed to the fuel dispenser 1 at a desired position by a strap or a buckle.

Unmanned aerial vehicle filling equipment still includes and adds oil pipe winding and unwinding devices 9, is equipped with a pair of stand 10 in frame 2, adds oil pipe 4 and connects in a pair of stand 10 through adding oil pipe winding and unwinding devices 9.

When unmanned aerial vehicle filling equipment was close to unmanned aerial vehicle, add oil pipe coiling and uncoiling device 9 expansion, add oil pipe 4 and can fix with adding oil pipe 4 at the fuel filler neck department of oil tank through fixed subassembly. The oiling operation of the large unmanned aerial vehicle can be completed by only one person controlling the oiling machine, and the human resources are saved.

The upright columns 10 are of plate-shaped structures and are parallel to each other and connected to the second bottom plate 23 of the rack 2 along the vertical direction, and the oil filling pipe retracting device 9 is hinged between the pair of upright columns 10.

As shown in fig. 6, the fuel filler pipe retracting device 9 includes a bracket 91 and a pair of support rods 92, the bracket 91 is rotatably connected to the middle of the tops of the pair of pillars 10, the bracket 91 is provided with a through hole penetrating through the length direction of the bracket 91, and the fuel filler pipe 4 is inserted into the through hole;

a pair of bracing piece 92 hinges respectively in the side that a pair of stand 10 deviates from mutually, and the both sides of bracket 91 are equipped with a plurality of joint holes, and when bracket 91 rotated for stand 10 and formed the contained angle with stand 10, every bracing piece 92 can the joint in the joint of one side of bracket 91 is downthehole.

The oil filling pipe 4 comprises a second hose 41 and a second hard pipe 42 which are communicated, the second hard pipe 42 is communicated with the second pipeline 8 and is inserted into the through hole of the bracket 91, and the second hose 41 is connected to the fixed component 5.

Wherein, bracket 91 is through the round pin hub connection of both sides between a pair of stand 10, and can use the round pin axle to rotate as the center, adds oil pipe 4 and passes through bracket 91 fixed, can pack up to stand 10 in when not adding oil, can rotate bracket 91 when adding oil and make and add oil pipe 4 and connect in unmanned aerial vehicle's oil filler hole to it is fixed and the joint through bracing piece 92.

The catching holes of the bracket 91 may be formed at intervals along the length direction of the bracket 91 so that the bracket 91 may have different coupling angles with the pillar 10.

The pair of columns 10 are provided with fixing holes 93 which are oppositely arranged, when the oil filling pipe retracting device 9 retracts, the bracket 91 drives the second hard pipe 42 to retract, and the support rod 92 retracts onto the bracket 91 and is retracted and fixed by being inserted into the pair of fixing holes.

The supporting rod 92 is of a rod-shaped structure, two ends of the supporting rod are bent, and the first end of the supporting rod 92 is connected to the position, close to the clamping hole of the bracket 9, of the stand column 10, so that when the oil filling pipe retracting device 9 is retracted, the first end of the supporting rod 92 is inserted into the stand column and is also clamped in the clamping hole, and therefore the oil filling pipe retracting device is prevented from shaking; the second end of bracing piece 92 inserts in the fixed orifices, when adding oil pipe coiling and uncoiling device 9 and expanding, takes out the first end of bracing piece 92 from the joint hole but not deviate from stand 10, and the second end takes out from fixed orifices 93, rotates bracket 91 to required angle, uses first end as the center with bracing piece 92, rotates to the joint hole of second end joint on bracket 91 to support fixing bracket 91.

The second rigid tube 42 is fixed in a bracket 91, and the bracket 91 is unfolded by two support rods 92.

The second hard tube 42 of the filler pipe 4 is inserted through the through hole of the bracket 91 so as to be fixed, and the second hose 41 and the second hard tube 42 are fixed by a seal connection by a clip or the like. The same applies to other ways involving connection of hoses and pipes.

As shown in fig. 7, the fixing assembly 5 includes a fuel pipe fixing member 51 and a fuel filler fixing member 52, the fuel filler fixing member 52 is sleeved on the fuel pipe fixing member 51, a fuel tank fixing member 53 is arranged at the fuel filler of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the fuel filler fixing member 52 is used for being clamped on the fuel tank fixing member 53. Oil pipe mounting 51 is the T type, including connecting in the pipe portion of filling oil pipe 4 and connecting in the terminal turn-ups portion of pipe portion, turn-ups portion sets up outwards, oil pipe mounting 51 and the tip fixed connection of filling oil pipe 4, and oil pipe mounting 53 and joint in oil pipe mounting 51 are located to oil filler hole mounting 52 cover, oil filler hole mounting 52 and oil pipe mounting 51 clearance fit to it is spacing by oil pipe mounting 51's turn-ups portion axial.

As shown in fig. 7 and 8, the periphery of the oil filler fixing piece 52 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 521 uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction, the end of each protrusion 521 is provided with an inward concave clamping groove 522, the inner periphery of the oil tank fixing piece 53 is provided with a notch for inserting the protrusion 521 and a convex plate 531 arranged on two sides of the notch, the protrusion 521 is used for inserting the notch and can be rotated to the clamping groove 522 to be clamped on the convex plate 531, when the oil filler pipe 4 extends into the oil tank of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the fixing component 5 is level with the oil filler, the oil filler fixing piece 52 is clamped with the oil tank fixing piece 53 by rotating, so that the oil filler pipe 4 is fixed, and the oil filler pipe 4 is prevented from sliding out of the oil tank.

The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device provided by the invention has the advantages that the frame 2 of the refueling machine 1 is used as a bearing and transporting tool, the frame 2 formed by welding square pipes reduces the weight of the frame, and the four universal wheels 21 are used as transporting tools, so that the refueling device can be quickly moved and flexibly steered on a complex ground, and the cost for workers to move the refueling machine is saved; by adopting the oil filling pipe retracting device 9 which comprises the bracket 91 and the two support rods 92, when the oil filling equipment works, the device can bear the dead weight and the oil weight flowing through the inside of the second hard pipe 42, so that the force and the moment applied to the oil filling port of the oil tank are reduced, and the oil tank is protected from being damaged. The oil filling pipe retracting device 9 is unfolded when the oil filling equipment works and retracted when the oil filling equipment does not work, so that the space required by the storage or transportation of the oil filling equipment is reduced; adopt fixed subassembly 5, can fix with oil pipe 4 in oil tank filler point department, need alone operation tanker aircraft with traditional tradition mode of refueling at least, alone operation nozzle just can accomplish the unmanned aerial vehicle field refueling mode of refueling work and compare, required staff when reducible refueling only needs alone operation tanker aircraft can realize refueling.

Having described embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an unmanned aerial vehicle refueling equipment, its characterized in that includes frame (2) and locates tanker aircraft (1), fuel on frame (2) strain (3) and add oil pipe (4), tanker aircraft (1) includes oil inlet and oil-out, the oil inlet is through taking out oil pipe (6) and oil storage bucket intercommunication, the oil-out passes through the fuel strain (3) with add oil pipe (4) intercommunication, the end of adding oil pipe (4) is equipped with fixed subassembly (5) for with unmanned aerial vehicle's oil filler hole joint.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the refueling machine (1) includes four sides, the oil inlet and the oil outlet are located on a first side, the oil inlet is located below the oil outlet, and the fuel filter (3) is located on a second side opposite to the first side.

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the oil extraction pipe (6) comprises a first hose (61) and a first hard pipe (62) which are communicated, the first hose (61) is communicated with the oil inlet, and the first hard pipe (62) can be inserted into the frame (2).

4. Unmanned aerial vehicle refueling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the oil outlet of the refueling machine (1) communicates with an inlet of the fuel filter (3) through a first conduit (7); the outlet of the fuel filter (3) is communicated with the oil filling pipe (4) through a second pipeline (8).

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a refueling pipe retracting and releasing device (9), wherein a pair of upright posts (10) are arranged on the frame (2), and the refueling pipe (4) is connected to the pair of upright posts (10) through the refueling pipe retracting and releasing device (9).

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device as recited in claim 5, wherein the refueling pipe retracting and releasing device (9) comprises a bracket (91) and a pair of support rods (92), the bracket (91) is rotatably connected to the middle of the tops of the pair of upright posts (10), the bracket (91) is provided with a through hole penetrating through the bracket in the length direction, and the refueling pipe (4) is inserted into the through hole;

a pair of bracing piece (92) articulate respectively in a pair of side that stand (10) deviate from mutually, the both sides of bracket (91) are equipped with a plurality of joint holes, work as bracket (91) for stand (10) rotate and with when stand (10) formed the contained angle, every bracing piece (92) can the joint in one side of bracket (91) the joint is downthehole.

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling device of claim 6, wherein the refuelling pipe (4) comprises a second hose (41) and a second hard pipe (42) in communication, the second hard pipe (42) being in communication with the second pipe (8) and being inserted in the through hole of the bracket (91), the second hose (41) being connected to the fixed assembly (5).

8. The unmanned aerial vehicle refueling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the fixing assembly (5) comprises a fuel pipe fixing member (51) and a fuel filler opening fixing member (52), the fuel filler opening fixing member (52) is sleeved on the fuel pipe fixing member (51), a fuel tank fixing member (53) is arranged at a fuel filler opening of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the fuel filler opening fixing member (52) is used for being clamped to the fuel tank fixing member (53).

9. The unmanned aerial vehicle filling equipment of claim 8, wherein the outer periphery of the oil filler fixing piece (52) is provided with a plurality of protrusions (521) uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction, the end of each protrusion (521) is provided with an inwards concave clamping groove (522), the inner periphery of the oil tank fixing piece (53) is provided with a notch for inserting the protrusion (521) and convex plates (531) arranged on two sides of the notch, and the protrusion (521) is used for being inserted into the notch and rotating to enable the clamping groove (52) to be clamped on the convex plates (531).

10. Unmanned aerial vehicle refuelling device of claim 1, characterized in that the bottom of the frame (2) is provided with four universal wheels (21).