KR101699966B1

KR101699966B1 - unmanned aerial vehicle

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Publication number: KR101699966B1
Application number: KR1020150173035A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김정수
Original assignee: 주식회사 케이디앵글; 주식회사 강건
Priority date: 2015-12-07
Filing date: 2015-12-07
Publication date: 2017-01-26

Abstract

The present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle having the appearance different from an existing invention. To achieve the purpose of the present invention, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a first body; a second body; and a folding assembly unit connecting the second body to the first body to maintain a first state and a second state, wherein the second body is spread from the first body in the first state and the second body is folded on the first body in the second state. The folding assembly unit includes: a first member in which the first body is inserted and fixed; a second member and a third member individually connected to the second body and facing each other, wherein the second member and the third member are individually connected to the first member by a hinge; a protruding rod penetrating the second member and the third member and coming into contact with support surfaces individually formed in the first member in the first state and the second state; and an elastic support unit elastically supporting the protruding rod and individually formed in the second member and the third member. The second member and the third member include a slit individually formed in the longitudinal direction, and the protruding rod is formed to move along the slit.

Description

Unmanned aerial vehicle

One embodiment of the present invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle in which an arm having a rotor is foldably coupled to a main body.

In general, unmanned aerial vehicles are called airplanes or helicopter-like vehicles flying by induction of radio waves without people burning, which is also called a drone. At first, it was used as a target in exchange for enemy fire, missile, and missile fire. However, it was developed as a reconnaissance aircraft with the progress of wireless technology gradually penetrating the enemy's inland.

Recently, it has been used as an attacker by attaching various weapons such as a missile to a drone. Drones have been developed variously in various sizes and performances according to the purpose of use, but not only for military use but also for miniature drones, they are being actively developed and studied.

There are also many things that have been developed and commercialized as personal hobbies. In addition, drone is put into operation in areas that are not accessible to humans such as jungle, outback, volcanic area, natural disaster area, nuclear power plant accident area. Recently, the application range of drones has been gradually widened by utilizing dron for transportation purposes.

In the early days when the drone was developed, it was classified as a target drone, a reconnaissance drone, and a surveillance drone.

However, in the conventional unmanned aerial vehicle, since the frame or arm to which the thrust generating device is coupled is mostly fixed, the angle of the thrust generating device equipped with the rotor according to the purpose of the unmanned aerial vehicle can not be changed freely .

As an example, Korean Patent Registration No. 1373038 discloses "a levitated flying robot having an airbag and an airbag falling device for rescue life structure ", wherein the frame constituting the thruster is disclosed in a fixed form.

An object of the present invention is to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle having an appearance different from the conventional one.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a unmanned aerial vehicle having a more advanced structure and having a complex function.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a first body, a second body, and a first state in which the second body is deployed with respect to the first body, Wherein the folding assembly includes a first member to which the first body is inserted and secured, a first member coupled to the second body, and a second body coupled to the second body, Second and third members hingedly coupled to the first member, the second and third members being disposed opposite each other and hinged to the first member, respectively, and the first member and the second member, respectively, in the first and second states, And a resilient support for resiliently supporting the protruding rods and respectively formed on the second and third members, wherein the second and third members are each in the longitudinal direction Formed slip And the protruding rod is formed to move along the slit.

According to an example of the present invention, the elastic supports may support the protruding rod through the slit in the longitudinal direction.

According to an example of the present invention, the protruding rod includes a cylindrical body and a contact portion in which the portion has a shape corresponding to the support surface.

According to at least one embodiment of the present invention configured as above, the unmanned aerial vehicle can fold an arm protruding from the main body, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle can be easily stored and moved.

In addition, the protruding rod moves along the slit, and the elastic support portion is formed to penetrate the slit, so that the first state in which the second body is unfolded with respect to the first body, The second state in which the second body is folded can be more firmly supported.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an unmanned aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 illustrates a first state of the folding assembly shown in Figure 1;
Figure 3 shows a second state of the folding assembly shown in Figure 1;
Figure 4 shows a plane view of the folding assembly shown in Figure 1;
Figure 5 illustrates a first member comprising a folding assembly;
Figure 6 shows a second or third member making up the folding assembly.
7 is a view of a protruding rod constituting a folding assembly;

Hereinafter, an unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role. In the present specification, the same or similar reference numerals are given to different embodiments in the same or similar configurations. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an unmanned aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The unmanned aerial vehicle may include a main body 102 having a lightweight and thin plate spaced upward and downward. The main body 102 may be coupled with an arm 101 formed with a rotor.

A battery and various components may be mounted on the upper portion of the main body 102, and a camera driver and a camera may be provided on the lower portion of the main body 102. A plurality of arms 101 are provided on all sides of the body 102, and a rotor is provided at the ends of the arms 101. The rotor consists of a motor and a wing, which allows the unmanned aerial vehicle to take off and land vertically or to enable horizontal flight.

Since the arm 101 projects from the main body 102, when the arm 101 is fixed, it is difficult to move or store the unmanned aerial vehicle due to its size or area. Accordingly, a folding assembly 103 for foldably coupling the arm 101 and the body 102 as shown in Fig. 1 may be formed.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a first state of the folding assembly 103 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a view showing a second state of the folding assembly 103 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the urban folding assembly 103; FIG. 5 is a view showing a first member 110 constituting the folding assembly 103 and FIG. 6 is a view showing a second or third member 120, 130 constituting the folding assembly 103 And Fig. 7 is a view showing a protruding rod 140 constituting the folding assembly 103. As shown in Fig.

Hereinafter, the body 102 will be referred to as a second body 102, and the arm 101 will be referred to as a first body 101 for convenience.

The folding assembly 103 maintains the first state in which the second body 102 is unfolded with respect to the first body 101 and the second state in which the second body 102 is folded with respect to the first body 101 Thereby coupling the second body 102 to the first body 101.

2 through 7, the folding assembly 103 includes a first member 110, a second member 120, a third member 130, a protruding rod 140, and elastic supports 122 and 132 .

The first body 101 is inserted into the first member 110. To this end, the first member 110 may be tubular with a hollow. The first member 110 may include a tubular body and coupling portions 111 and 112 protruding in a plate form from the body. The second member 120 and the third member 130 are hinged to the coupling portions 111 and 112, respectively. The first supporting surface 113 and the second supporting surface 114 are formed on the engaging portions 111 and 112 of the respective members, respectively.

The second member 120 and the third member 130 may have the same shape and may face each other with the coupling portions 111 and 112 of the first member 110 therebetween. The second member 120 and the third member 130 may be plate-shaped. The second member 120 and the third member 130 are coupled to the second body 102 at one side and hinged to the first member 110 at the other side, respectively. The second member 120 and the third member 130 have slits 121 and 131 formed in the longitudinal direction, respectively.

The protruding rod 140 contacts the engaging portions 111 and 112 of the first member 110 while being formed to penetrate the second member 120 and the third member 130. The protruding rod 140 has a cylindrical body 143 and a contact portion 144. The contact portion 144 may have a shape corresponding to the support surface. The first support surface 113 contacts the contact portion 144 of the protruding rod 140 in the first state and the second support surface 114 contacts the contact portion 144 of the protruding rod 140 in the second state, do. The protruding rod 140 is formed to move along the slits 121 and 131 formed in the second member 120 and the third member 130, respectively.

The resilient supports 122 and 132 resiliently support the protruding rod 140. The elastic supports 122 and 132 are respectively formed in the second and third members 120 and 130 and penetrate the slits 121 and 131 in the longitudinal direction to support the protruding rod 140. The elastic supports 122 and 132 may be formed with a support body and a spring. Since the elastic supports 122 and 132 are formed on the second and third members 120 and 130 respectively, interference between various wires connecting the first body 101 and the second body 102 to each other can be eliminated have. That is, the wires connecting the first body 101 and the second body 102 to each other are not affected by the elastic supports 122 and 132.

The folding assembly 103 is configured to have a first state in which the second body 102 is unfolded with respect to the first body 101 and a second state in which the second body 102 is folded with respect to the first body 101 It is possible to support each state more firmly than in the second state.

The above-described unmanned aerial vehicle is not limited to the configuration and method of the above-described embodiments, but the embodiments may be configured such that all or some of the embodiments are selectively combined so that various modifications can be made It is possible.

Claims

A first body and a second body; And
And a folding assembly for coupling the second body to the first body to maintain a second condition in which the second body is folded with respect to the first body,
The folding assembly comprises:
A first member to which the first body is inserted and fixed;
Second and third members respectively coupled to the second body and disposed opposite to each other and hinged to the first member, respectively;
A protruding rod passing through the second and third members and contacting the support surfaces formed in the first member in the first state and the second state, respectively; And
And an elastic support member elastically supporting the projecting rod and being formed respectively in the second and third members,
The second and third members each having a slit formed in the longitudinal direction,
Wherein the protruding rod is formed to move along the slit,
Wherein the elastic supports extend through the slit in the longitudinal direction to support the protruding rod.

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The method according to claim 1,
The projecting rod
A cylindrical body; And
And a contact portion having a shape corresponding in part to the support surface.