CN213861885U - Staying unmanned aerial vehicle's slide rail power supply unit and staying unmanned aerial vehicle - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular to a slide rail power supply device for mooring an unmanned aerial vehicle, which comprises a conductive slide rail, wherein the slide rail comprises a bracket and a pair of high-conductivity guide rails arranged on the bracket side by side, the pair of guide rails are respectively connected with the anode and the cathode of a power supply, and a conductive slide block in electrical contact with the guide rails is matched on the slide rail in a sliding way; the sliding block is in sliding fit with the sliding rail, so that the sliding block is in dynamic contact with a pair of guide rails which are connected with the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and further, the sliding block is electrically connected with the mooring unmanned aerial vehicle to realize power supply, the length of a lead is greatly shortened, the problem of heating of the lead is reduced, the flexibility of an airplane in the flying process is improved, and long-time flying training of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be realized; in addition, the student can fly along with the arrival, need not to consider battery installation, loosely bind and the advantage of the training system of the safety factor of battery, provides basic training guarantee for unmanned aerial vehicle driving skill.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle's technique and specifically relates to a slide rail power supply unit and mooring unmanned aerial vehicle of mooring unmanned aerial vehicle.
Background
With the development of the science and technology of unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles have been applied to various fields such as agriculture and forestry plant protection, aerial survey, logistics, public security patrol and the like, and have also become a necessary tool for playing, photographing and recreation after permeating our daily life, and have also become one of the very convenient tools in the daily life.
In a new occupation-unmanned aerial vehicle driver employment scene current situation analysis report published by the recent society department, it is shown that the annual sales volume of unmanned aerial vehicles in China reaches 196 ten thousand frames at the end of 2019, wherein 150 ten thousand frames of consumption-level unmanned aerial vehicles and 46 ten thousand frames of industrial-level unmanned aerial vehicles predict the talent demand of unmanned aerial vehicle drivers in five years to be nearly 100 ten thousand. At present, 67218 people exist in unmanned aerial vehicle drivers and license personnel, which are not as late as one tenth of the gap of talents. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle driver is very lack of the training speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle driver is far lower than the development demand speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle industry. Therefore, a grade certificate for training 1+ X unmanned aerial vehicle driving vocational skills is additionally arranged in the national professional education in 2020, and by the fact that more than 300 higher-time, high-level and application type colleges and universities apply for examination tests of the certificate at present, more examination colleges and universities can be expected to train the unmanned aerial vehicle driving skills in the next year. Wherein "8" word basis flight is the most basic skill of unmanned aerial vehicle driving occupational skills, also is the flight skill that must master to through the direction of "8" word basis flight exercise student and the control coordination ability of throttle, it is that the student possesses more skilled driving skill and emergency treatment skill. The skillful flight skill not only can achieve good operation effect, but also can avoid the injury of personnel and the loss of property.
The skilled unmanned aerial vehicle driving skill is an operation process for finally realizing 'muscle memory' through continuous flight training, and intermittent long-time flight training is needed. However, the flight training is greatly inconvenient due to the short duration of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the training process. Although the simulation flight software is provided, compared with the actual flight, the simulation flight software has great differences in the aspects of judging the attitude, the hand feeling and the airplane attitude of the flight and recognizing the orientation. Especially, for a new student who does not have flight experience in the training and learning stage, the situation of power failure often appears in the training process of the unmanned aerial vehicle. In addition, since the battery life is short, about 15-20 minutes, a new student is likely to damage or burn the battery due to battery installation or charging errors, which not only causes economic loss, but also causes injury to personnel.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Problem to among the prior art, the utility model discloses a provide a staying unmanned aerial vehicle's slide rail power supply unit and staying unmanned aerial vehicle, solve misoperation and lead to the battery to damage, reduce the accident risk. And may follow the flight.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model discloses a technical scheme is:
the utility model provides a staying unmanned aerial vehicle's slide rail power supply unit, includes electrically conductive slide rail, the slide rail includes the support and sets up a pair of high electric conductivity guide rail on the support side by side, and is a pair of the positive pole and the negative pole of power are connected respectively to the guide rail, sliding fit have on the slide rail with the electrically conductive slider of guide rail electrical contact.
Furthermore, the slide rail is I-shaped.
Furthermore, the slide rail is formed by extruding light aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy.
Further, the slider includes a pair of curb plate and the horizontal pole that sets up side by side, and the upper end of a pair of curb plate is passed through the horizontal pole and is connected, so that form the draw-in groove that is used for the centre gripping slide rail between the curb plate, just the inboard vertical direction of curb plate sets up a pair of assembly pulley, and a pair of the assembly pulley is contradicted with the upper end and the lower extreme of slide rail both sides respectively, be provided with on the horizontal pole respectively with a pair of the electrically conductive contact that the slide rail contradicted.
Furthermore, each conductive contact is provided with a wire inserting hole.
Further, a lead fixing piece for fixing the lead is arranged on the cross rod and provided with a mounting hole.
Further, the guide rail is arranged in a T shape.
Further, the pulley block comprises a pair of guide rail rollers.
Further, a pair of cross rods is arranged between the side plates, and each cross rod is provided with a pair of wire contacts.
In addition, a mooring unmanned aerial vehicle, including many rotor unmanned aerial vehicle and rotatory slip power supply ring, as in any one of above-mentioned electrically conductive slider in mooring unmanned aerial vehicle's the slide rail power supply device is connected with many rotor unmanned aerial vehicle electricity through rotatory slip power supply ring.
The utility model adopts the above technical scheme's beneficial technological effect is:
compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a slide rail power supply unit of mooring unmanned aerial vehicle and mooring unmanned aerial vehicle structure are distinctive, convenient to use operates, through slider and slide rail sliding fit, in order to realize slider and a pair of guide rail dynamic contact who connects positive pole and negative pole, and then be connected with mooring unmanned aerial vehicle electricity through the slider, realize the power supply, this kind of mode reduces the length of wire greatly, reduces the wire problem of generating heat, increases the flexibility in the aircraft flight process, and can realize unmanned aerial vehicle's long-time flight training; in addition, the student can fly along with the arrival, need not to consider battery installation, loosely bind and the advantage of the training system of the safety factor of battery, provides basic training guarantee for unmanned aerial vehicle driving skill.
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Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram that staying unmanned aerial vehicle's slide rail power supply unit and staying unmanned aerial vehicle are connected.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a first perspective structure of a sliding rail power supply device for mooring an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Fig. 3 is a second perspective structural diagram of a sliding rail power supply device for mooring an unmanned aerial vehicle.
In the figure: 1. a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle; 2. a slider; 3. a slide rail; 4. a lead fixing piece; 5. a guide rail roller; 6. a conductive contact; 7, a guide rail; 8. a side plate; 9. a wire insertion hole; 10. a cross bar.
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The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
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As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the slide rail power supply device for mooring an unmanned aerial vehicle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a conductive slide rail 3, the slide rail 3 includes a support and a pair of highly conductive guide rails 7 arranged on the support side by side, the pair of guide rails 7 are respectively connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode of a power supply, it should be noted that the guide rails 7 and the slide rail 3 are connected in an insulating manner to prevent short circuit, during the daily use, the slide rail 3 needs to be kept dry, and a conductive slider 2 in electrical contact with the guide rails 7 is slidably fitted on the slide rail 3; specifically, the slide rail 3 is "i" shaped, and the slide rail 3 is formed by extruding light aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy, so that the strength of the slide rail 3 is ensured, and the weight of the slide rail 3 is reduced by selecting a lighter material.
On the basis of above-mentioned embodiment, more specifically, slider 2 includes a pair of curb plate 8 and the horizontal pole 10 that sets up side by side, and the upper end of a pair of curb plate 8 is passed through horizontal pole 10 and is connected, so that form the draw-in groove that is used for centre gripping slide rail 3 between the curb plate 8, slide rail 3 is located between a pair of curb plate 8, just the inboard vertical direction of curb plate 8 sets up a pair of assembly pulley, and is a pair of the assembly pulley is contradicted with the upper end and the lower extreme of slide rail 3 both sides respectively, realizes centre gripping slide rail 3, avoids slider 2 derail, is provided with on the horizontal pole 10 respectively with a pair of conductive contact 6 that guide rail 7 contradicts, preferably, conductive contact 6 has elasticity, and when conflicting with guide rail 7, conductive contact 6 is in the deformation state, and then guarantees that.
On the basis of the above embodiment, each conductive contact 6 is provided with a wire insertion hole 9, and the wire insertion hole 9 is used for inserting a wire and is fixed by soldering.
For better technological effect, be provided with the wire stationary blade 4 that is used for fixed wire on the horizontal pole 10, the wire stationary blade is provided with the mounting hole, through alternate the ribbon in the mounting hole and then bind the wire of welding on conductive contact 6 on wire stationary blade 4, prevents that the aircraft from influencing the contact of conductive sliding block 2 and slide rail 3 to dragging of wire.
Preferably, the guide rail 7 is arranged in a shape of "T" to increase the contact area between the guide rail 7 and the conductive contact 6, so as to ensure more stable contact and prevent power failure.
In the above embodiment, in particular, the pulley block comprises a pair of guide rails 7 and rollers 5, and the grooves on the pulleys of the guide rails 7 are clamped on the edges of the slide rails 3, so that a more stable connection is realized.
In the above embodiment, preferably, a pair of cross bars 10 are provided between the side plates 8, and each cross bar 10 is provided with a pair of wire contacts, further ensuring a tight connection between the slider 2 and the rail 7.
In addition, a staying unmanned aerial vehicle, including many rotor unmanned aerial vehicle 1 and rotary sliding power supply ring, as in any one of above-mentioned electrically conductive slider 2 among the 3 power supply units of slide rail of staying unmanned aerial vehicle is connected with many rotor unmanned aerial vehicle 1 electricity through rotary sliding power supply ring, what need explain, rotary sliding power supply ring is prior art, and detailed no longer is said to specific principle.
When the slide rail power supply device for mooring the unmanned aerial vehicle and the mooring unmanned aerial vehicle are applied, the slide block 2 and the slide rail 3 are in sliding fit, so that the slide block 2 is in dynamic contact with a pair of guide rails 7 for connecting the anode and the cathode, and further, the slide block 2 is electrically connected with the mooring unmanned aerial vehicle, so that power supply is realized, the length of a wire is greatly shortened, the heating problem of the wire is reduced, the flexibility of the airplane in the flying process is improved, and the long-time flying training of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be realized; in addition, the student can fly along with the arrival, need not to consider battery installation, loosely bind and the advantage of the training system of the safety factor of battery, provides basic training guarantee for unmanned aerial vehicle driving skill.
Finally, it should also be noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
The embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
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1. The utility model provides a staying unmanned aerial vehicle's slide rail power supply unit, its characterized in that, includes electrically conductive slide rail, the slide rail includes the support and sets up a pair of high electric conductivity guide rail on the support side by side, and is a pair of the positive pole and the negative pole of power are connected respectively to the guide rail, sliding fit have on the slide rail with the electrically conductive slider of guide rail electrical contact.
2. The slide rail power supply device of the tethered drone of claim 1, wherein the slide rail is "i" shaped.
3. The slide rail power supply device of the tethered unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2, wherein the slide rail is extruded from a light aluminum alloy or a magnesium alloy.
4. The sliding rail power supply device for the tethered unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 3, wherein the sliding block comprises a pair of side plates and a cross rod, the side plates are connected by the cross rod, so that a slot for clamping the sliding rail is formed between the side plates, a pair of pulley blocks is arranged in the vertical direction inside the side plates, the pulley blocks are respectively abutted against the upper end and the lower end of the two sides of the sliding rail, and a pair of conductive contacts respectively abutted against the sliding rail is arranged on the cross rod.
5. The sliding rail power supply device for the tethered drone of claim 4 wherein each of the conductive contacts has a wire insertion hole.
6. The slide rail power supply device of the tethered unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 5, wherein the cross bar is provided with a wire securing tab for securing a wire, the wire securing tab being provided with a mounting hole.
7. The slide rail power supply device of the tethered drone of claim 6, wherein the rail is configured in a "T" shape.
8. The tethered drone's slide rail power supply of claim 4, wherein the pulley block comprises a pair of rail rollers.
9. The tethered drone's slide rail power supply of claim 4, wherein a pair of said cross bars are provided between said side plates, and each said cross bar is provided with a pair of wire contacts.
10. A tethered drone, comprising a multi-rotor drone, characterized by further comprising a rotary-sliding power ring, the conductive slider in the sliding track power supply of the tethered drone according to any of claims 1 to 9 being electrically connected to the multi-rotor drone through the rotary-sliding power ring.
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