CN211182485U - Folding device and unmanned aerial vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a folding device and an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the folding device comprises a base, and a groove is arranged on the base; the rotating piece is rotatably connected to the base through a rotating shaft; the locking piece is connected to the rotating piece, can rotate synchronously with the rotating piece, and can move relative to the rotating piece to be inserted into the groove so as to lock the rotating piece; the first elastic piece can drive the rotating piece to rotate and reset after the locking piece is separated from the groove. The utility model discloses the installation need be at the outstanding function piece of during operation on rotating piece or lock piece, can realize the folding of function piece, and folding device has comparatively simple structure, and the cost is lower, and only needs just can realize the switching of fold condition and locking state, convenient to use through simple operation.

Description

Folding device and unmanned aerial vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle and specifically relates to a folding device and unmanned aerial vehicle are related to.

Background

There may sometimes be locally protruding structures on the product, such as the antenna of the drone, which usually extend from the body of the drone in order to achieve the signal transmission effect achieved. This type of protruding structure can increase the volume of product on the one hand, is unfavorable for the transportation and the storage of product, also receives external damage easily simultaneously.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a folding device can realize the folding of function piece.

This embodiment still provides an unmanned aerial vehicle.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a folding device, including

The base is provided with a groove;

the rotating piece is rotatably connected to the base through a rotating shaft;

the locking piece is connected to the rotating piece, can rotate synchronously with the rotating piece, and can move relative to the rotating piece to be inserted into the groove so as to lock the rotating piece;

the first elastic piece can drive the rotating piece to rotate and reset after the locking piece is separated from the groove.

The utility model discloses folding device has following beneficial effect at least:

the folding device has the advantages that the folding device is simple in structure, low in cost, and convenient to use, and can realize switching between the folding state and the locking state only through simple operation.

According to the utility model discloses a folding device of other embodiments, be equipped with first through-hole and second through-hole on the rotation piece, first through-hole with second through-hole intercommunication, be equipped with the edge on the lock piece the bar hole that the moving direction of lock piece extends, the pivot is passed first through-hole with the bar hole, the lock piece is pegged graft in the second through-hole.

According to the utility model discloses a folding device of other embodiments, be equipped with first through-hole and second through-hole on the rotation piece, the pivot is pegged graft in the first through-hole, the locking piece is pegged graft in the second through-hole, be equipped with on the locking piece and support portion, support portion and be in the locking piece is relative rotate the piece along breaking away from behind the direction removal settlement distance of recess with rotate the piece and support.

According to the utility model discloses a folding device of other embodiments still includes the second elastic component, the second elastic component cup joints on the locking piece, can drive the locking piece inserts the recess.

According to the utility model discloses a folding device of other embodiments, the inside of lock piece is equipped with the grafting chamber, just the lock piece is kept away from one of rotating is served and is equipped with the intercommunication the interface in grafting chamber.

According to other embodiments of the folding device of the present invention, the first elastic member is a torsion spring or a spiral spring.

According to the utility model discloses a folding device of other embodiments, inject the installation cavity in the base, just the top of base be equipped with the first opening of installation cavity intercommunication, one side be equipped with the second opening of installation cavity intercommunication, first opening with the second opening communicates each other, it is located to rotate the piece in the installation cavity, the locking piece can first opening with rotate between the second opening.

According to other embodiments of the present invention, the base comprises

The bottom plate is provided with the groove;

three curb plates, three the curb plate is followed the circumference of bottom plate in proper order with the bottom plate is connected, with the bottom plate is injectd the installation cavity.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle, including

The folding device;

the functional part is connected to the locking part.

According to the utility model discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle of other embodiments, the function piece includes the antenna.

Additional aspects and advantages 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 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 folding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic view of the folding apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the folding apparatus of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of the locking member of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

The conception and the resulting technical effects of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the following embodiments, so that the objects, features and effects of the present invention can be fully understood. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments, and other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive labor based on the embodiments of the present invention all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, if an orientation description is referred to, for example, the directions or positional relationships indicated by "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but not for indicating or implying that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, if a feature is referred to as being "disposed", "fixed", "connected", or "mounted" on another feature, it can be directly disposed, fixed, or connected to the other feature or indirectly disposed, fixed, connected, or mounted on the other feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, if "a plurality" is referred to, it means one or more, if "a plurality" is referred to, it means two or more, if "greater than", "less than" or "more than" is referred to, it is understood that the number is not included, and if "more than", "less than" or "within" is referred to, it is understood that the number is included. If reference is made to "first" or "second", this should be understood to distinguish between features and not to indicate or imply relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of indicated features or to implicitly indicate the precedence of the indicated features.

First embodiment

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a folding device according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 shows an exploded schematic view of the folding device in fig. 1, the folding device includes a base 100, a rotating member 200, a locking member 300 and a first elastic member 400, wherein, a groove 101 is provided on the base 100, the rotating member 200 is rotatably connected to the base 100 through a rotating shaft 210, the locking member 300 is connected to the rotating member 200, can rotate synchronously with the rotating member 200 to realize folding, and can rotate the member 200 relatively and move until inserting into the groove 101, thereby locking the rotating member 200, the first elastic member 400 can drive the rotating member 200 to rotate and reset after the locking member 300 is separated from the groove 101.

The base 100 serves as a support structure on which a structure for rotatably coupling with the rotating member 200, for example, two side plates 110 oppositely disposed in fig. 1, are provided. The rotation member 200 and the base 100 can be connected by a known technique, for example, a rotation shaft hole is formed on the side plate 110 in fig. 1, and two ends of the rotation shaft 210 extend from two opposite sides (for example, left and right sides in fig. 1) of the rotation member 200 and are respectively inserted into the rotation shaft holes on the two side plates 110. The rotating shaft 210 may be fixed to the base 100 and rotatably connected to the rotating member 200, the rotating shaft 210 may be fixed to the rotating member 200 and rotatably connected to the base 100, or the rotating shaft 210 may be rotatably connected to the base 100 and the rotating member 200, respectively.

The lower portion of the rotating member 200 is provided with a first through hole 220 for installing the rotating shaft 210, the first through hole 220 penetrates through the rotating member 200, and openings are formed at two opposite sides (for example, left and right sides in fig. 1) of the rotating member 200, the rotating shaft 210 is inserted into the first through hole 220, and both ends of the rotating shaft 210 extend out from the first through hole 220, in other embodiments, the rotating shaft 210 may also be integrally connected to the rotating member 200. The rotation member 200 is further provided with a second through hole 230 for installing the locking member 300, and the second through hole 230 penetrates the rotation member 200 and forms openings at opposite sides (e.g., upper and lower sides in fig. 1) of the rotation member 200. The locking member 300 of this embodiment can be an elongated rod, and the locking member 300 can be inserted into the second through hole 230 in a clearance fit or transition fit manner, so that the locking member 300 can slide in the second through hole 230. The upper end of the locking member 300 may protrude upward from the second through-hole 230, and the lower end may protrude downward from the second through-hole 230 after the locking member 300 slides downward by a set distance. In other embodiments, the locking member 300 may have other shapes, so long as it has an end portion that can protrude from the rotating member 200 and can be inserted into the groove 101. The connection between the locking member 300 and the rotation member 200 is not limited to the above, and any structure may be used to allow the locking member 300 to rotate synchronously with the rotation member 200 and independently slide relative to the rotation member 200.

The first elastic member 400 in this embodiment is used for driving the rotation member 200 to rotate and return, and may be a torsion spring or a spiral spring. In this embodiment, the rotation member 200 is installed in the installation cavity of the base 100, and a gap is formed between the rotation member 200 and the left and right side plates 110 of the base 100, and the gap is used for placing two first elastic members 400 or two ends of the same first elastic member 400. The first elastic member 400 is disposed on the left side and the right side of the rotating member 200, or the two ends of the same first elastic member 400 are disposed on the left side and the right side of the rotating member 200, so that the stress on the rotating member 200 can be more balanced. The connection structure between the first elastic element 400 and the rotating element 200 can adopt the known technology, and is not described herein.

The using method of the embodiment comprises the following steps: when the rotating member 200 rotates relative to the base 100 until the locking member 300 is aligned with the groove 101 (for example, in the state shown in fig. 1, the locking member 300 protrudes upward in fig. 1), the rotating member 200 and the locking member 300 are in the working state, the lower end of the locking member 300 is inserted into the groove 101, the rotation of the rotating member 200 is limited, and the first elastic member 400 is compressed. After the locking member 300 is disengaged from the groove 101 by an external force (e.g., an operator pulls out the locking member 300), the rotation member 200 is rotated by a set angle (e.g., 90 ° that is, the locking member 300 protrudes to the front side in fig. 1) by the first elastic member 400, and then the rotation member 200 and the locking member 300 are in a folded state. The installation needs the outstanding function piece at the during operation on rotating piece 200 or locking piece 300, can realize the folding of function piece, and this embodiment has comparatively simple structure, and the cost is lower, and only needs just can realize the switching of fold condition and locking state through simple operation, convenient to use.

Second embodiment

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the first through hole 220 and the second through hole 230 communicate with each other to form a "cross-shaped" passage. Referring to fig. 2 and 4, the locking member 300 of the present embodiment is provided with a strip-shaped hole 310 extending along a moving direction (for example, a vertical direction in fig. 3) of the locking member 300. During installation, the rotating shaft 210 penetrates through the first through hole 220 and the strip-shaped hole 310, and after the locking piece 300 moves upwards or downwards for a set distance, the locking piece 300 can be abutted against the rotating shaft 210 and cannot move continuously, namely, the existing rotating shaft 210 is utilized to realize the limiting of the locking piece 300, and the locking piece 300 does not need to be provided with an additional limiting structure, so that the structure is simplified.

Third embodiment

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2 to 4, the position limitation of the locking member 300 is realized by other structures, specifically, the locking member 300 is provided with a supporting portion 320, and the supporting portion 320 is supported by the rotating member 200 when the locking member 300 moves a set distance along a direction (for example, an upward direction in fig. 1) away from the groove 101 relative to the rotating member 200, so as to limit the further movement of the locking member 300 (the position limitation of the downward movement of the locking member 300 can be realized by supporting with the base 100). The holding portion 320 of the present embodiment is an enlarged portion located at the lower portion of the locking member 300. In this embodiment, the locking member 300 is not limited by the rotating shaft 210, and therefore, no strip-shaped hole is required to be formed in the locking member 300.

Fourth embodiment

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the second elastic member 500 is further included, and the second elastic member 500 of this embodiment may be a spring, and is sleeved on the locking member 300, and one end of the spring abuts against the locking member 300, and the other end of the spring abuts against the rotating member 200. The second elastic member 500 can drive the locking member 300 to be inserted into the groove 101 when the locking member 300 is rotated to align with the groove 101, and can prevent the locking member 300 from being easily removed after being inserted into the groove 101.

Fifth embodiment

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, an insertion cavity 330 is disposed inside the locking member 300, and an insertion port communicating with the insertion cavity 330 is disposed on an end (e.g., an upper end in fig. 1) of the locking member 300 away from the rotating member 200, that is, the present embodiment may use the existing locking member 300 to mount a functional element, and the functional element does not need to be connected with a folding device through an additional structure, which is helpful to simplify the structure.

Sixth embodiment

This embodiment is an improvement on the first embodiment, and in this embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the top of the mounting cavity on the base 100 is open to one side (for example, the front side in fig. 1), that is, the top of the base 100 is provided with a first opening communicating with the mounting cavity, the front side is provided with a second opening communicating with the mounting cavity, and the first opening and the second opening are communicated with each other. Accordingly, the rotation angle of the rotation member 200 is 90 °, the locking member 300 can protrude to the outside of the folding apparatus through the first opening or the second opening, and the locking member 300 can rotate between the first opening and the second opening. Specifically, the base 100 in this embodiment includes three side plates 110 and a bottom plate 120, where the three side plates 110 are sequentially distributed along a circumferential direction of the bottom plate 120 (for example, sequentially connect a left side, a rear side, and a right side of the bottom plate 120 in fig. 1), so as to define the installation cavity together with the bottom plate 120, so that the locking member 300 can rotate within a set range, and the locking member 300 is prevented from rotating to other improper positions, thereby achieving rotation fool-proofing of the locking member 300.

Seventh embodiment

The embodiment discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle, includes the folding device of above-mentioned each embodiment to and the function piece, this function piece can form protruding structure when using, for example the antenna. The functional member of the present embodiment is connected to the locking member 300, and the folding state and the use state are switched by the rotation of the locking member 300. Taking the antenna as an example, a folding groove can be formed in the surface of the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the folding device is installed in the folding groove, when the antenna needs to be used, the locking piece 300 is in a state shown in fig. 1, for example, and the antenna extends out of the folding groove at the moment; when the antenna is required to be folded for convenient transportation and storage, the locking member 300 may be rotated to a front side by 90 ° from the state shown in fig. 1, for example, and the antenna is hidden in the folding groove to fold the antenna. In other embodiments, the functional element may be coupled to the rotational element 200.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art. Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Claims (10)

1. A folding device is characterized by comprising

The base is provided with a groove;

the rotating piece is rotatably connected to the base through a rotating shaft;

the locking piece is connected to the rotating piece, can rotate synchronously with the rotating piece, and can move relative to the rotating piece to be inserted into the groove so as to lock the rotating piece;

the first elastic piece can drive the rotating piece to rotate and reset after the locking piece is separated from the groove.

2. The folding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating member has a first through hole and a second through hole, the first through hole communicates with the second through hole, the locking member has a bar-shaped hole extending along a moving direction of the locking member, the rotating shaft passes through the first through hole and the bar-shaped hole, and the locking member is inserted into the second through hole.

3. The folding device of claim 1, wherein the rotating member has a first through hole and a second through hole, the rotating shaft is inserted into the first through hole, the locking member is inserted into the second through hole, and the locking member has a supporting portion that supports against the rotating member after the locking member moves a predetermined distance in a direction away from the groove relative to the rotating member.

4. The folding device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a second elastic member, which is fitted over the locking member and is capable of driving the locking member to be inserted into the recess.

5. The folding device of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the locking member is provided with an insertion cavity therein, and an end of the locking member remote from the rotating member is provided with an insertion port communicating with the insertion cavity.

6. A folding apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein said first elastic member is a torsion spring or a spiral spring.

7. The folding device of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the base defines a mounting cavity therein, and the top of the base is provided with a first opening communicating with the mounting cavity, and one side is provided with a second opening communicating with the mounting cavity, the first opening and the second opening are communicated with each other, the rotating member is located in the mounting cavity, and the locking member is rotatable between the first opening and the second opening.

8. The folding device of claim 7, wherein said base includes

The bottom plate is provided with the groove;

three curb plates, three the curb plate is followed the circumference of bottom plate in proper order with the bottom plate is connected, with the bottom plate is injectd the installation cavity.

9. An unmanned aerial vehicle, which is characterized by comprising

The folding device of any one of claims 1 to 8;

the functional part is connected to the locking part.

10. A drone according to claim 9, wherein the function comprises an antenna.

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