RU2815495C1 - Method of monitoring operability of transport-launching containers of unmanned aerial vehicles and device for its implementation - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: instrumentation; transportation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to control over unmanned aerial vehicles transport-launching containers. Method of controlling operability of transport-launch containers (TLC) (8) of a UAV using a UAV simulator comprising housing (1) with electrical connector (2) and suspension elements (3-6) installed on it, consisting in inserting suspension elements (3-6) into grooves of guide (9) by means of handle (7). Simulator (1) is loaded into TLC (8) due to movement of suspension elements (3-6) along guide (9) in TLC (8) until fixation of one of suspension elements (3-6). Further, the integrity of the electric circuits of the TLC is checked, and the fixation of the fixed suspension element is monitored.

EFFECT: faster control of TLC operability during serial production and simplified design of UAV simulator.

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Description

Field of technology to which the invention relates

The invention relates to methods and means for monitoring the performance of transport and launch containers (hereinafter - TPK) of unmanned aerial vehicles (hereinafter - UAV), including input control during serial production of TPK using UAV simulators, including mechanisms that interact with the UAV during launch from TPK.

State of the art

From the prior art, a method is known for monitoring the performance of a TPK from the description of the RU patent for invention No. 2414746 (published on September 27, 2010), which allows checking the electrical and information interaction of missiles with equipment of various types of carriers using a multi-channel device that simulates the functioning of a missile in the process pre-launch preparation and launch of the rocket.

A device for monitoring the performance of a TPK is known from the prior art from the description of the RU patent for invention No. 2414746 (published on September 27, 2010), containing a UAV housing, at least one channel, including an input-output connector mounted on the housing, as well as common modules for all channels installed in the housing. The device allows for a reliable simulation of the interaction of missiles with carrier equipment, provides a large volume of verification and a greater depth of control due to control of the logical-time cyclogram, as well as through the use of advanced software of the element base.

The disadvantage of the above-known method and device for monitoring the performance of the TPK from the description of the RU patent for invention No. 2414746 (published on September 27, 2010) is due to the fact that the design of the UAV simulator, made in the form of hardware and software installed in the housing, allows carry out performance monitoring only of mechanisms that ensure electrical and information interaction between the TPK and the UAV.

Also known from the prior art is a method for monitoring the performance of a TPK from the description of the RU patent for invention No. 2788881 (published on January 25, 2023), which is closest to the proposed invention and was chosen as a prototype. The invention allows for debugging of carrier systems by implementing the possibility of testing in the modes of pre-launch preparation and launch of a rocket simulator, in various operating conditions without operator participation.

Also known from the prior art is a device for monitoring the performance of a TPK from the description of the RU patent for invention No. 2788881 (published on January 25, 2023), containing a UAV body made with mass-dimensional characteristics identical to the standard missile in the TPK, with a simulator installed on it electrical load for testing the electrical and information interaction of the rocket with the carrier equipment, closest to the proposed invention and chosen as a prototype.

The disadvantage of the known above-mentioned method and device for monitoring the performance of a TPK from the description of the RU patent for invention No. 2788881 (published on January 25, 2023) is associated with the use of a UAV simulator in the form of a dimensional-mass mock-up (hereinafter - GMM) to monitor the performance of the TPK, the manufacture of which is an expensive and complex process. It should also be noted that the use of GMM to monitor the performance of the TPK is due to the fact that the development of the TPK is carried out at the testing stage as part of development work. For incoming inspection during serial production of TPK, where the duration of the process of monitoring the performance of TPK is important, the use of GMM is impractical.

Disclosure of the invention

The technical problem of the proposed invention is the creation of an accelerated method and device for input control of the performance of a TPK during serial production, by simulating UAVs, including guided missiles, without reproducing their external shape and without taking into account mass.

The posed technical problem is solved due to the fact that when monitoring the performance of the TPK using a UAV simulator containing a housing, the length of which does not exceed the length of the TPK, with an electrical connector and suspension elements installed on it, the suspension elements are inserted into the grooves of the guide installed in the TPK, when with the lid of the TPK folded down using the handle, the simulator is loaded into the TPK by moving the suspension elements along the guide in the TPK until one of the suspension elements is fixed, the integrity of the electrical circuits of the TPK is checked by testing, and the fixation of the fixed suspension element is monitored.

In a particular case of implementing a method for monitoring the performance of a TPK, the problem is solved due to the fact that control of the fixation of the fixed suspension element is carried out through visual inspection.

The technical result of the method is the creation of an accelerated method for monitoring the performance of a TPK, during serial production using a UAV simulator, by reducing the cycle of checking mechanisms that interact with the UAV when launched from a TPK.

The posed technical problem is also solved due to the fact that the device for monitoring the performance of the TPK is made in the form of a UAV simulator containing a housing, which is a beam, the length of which does not exceed the length of the TPK, with an electrical connector installed on it and at least two suspension elements, identical suspension elements of the simulated UAV, as well as a handle located on the side opposite to the direction of loading the simulator into the TPK.

The technical result of the device is to simplify the design of the UAV simulator placed in the TPK, with the help of which the performance of the TPK is monitored, in order to shorten the cycle of checking the functionality of the mechanisms located on the guide inside the TPK, interacting with the UAV when launched from the TPK.

Brief description of drawings

The essence of the proposed invention is illustrated by drawings.

In fig. Figure 1 shows the appearance of the UAV simulator in an isometric projection.

In fig. Figure 2 shows a side sectional view of a UAV simulator loaded into a TPK.

In fig. 3 shows a fixed suspension element in a fixed position.

In fig. 4 shows an electrical connector connected to its mating part in the TPK.

In the drawings the positions are indicated:

1 - simulator body;

2 - electrical connector of the simulator;

3-6 - suspension elements;

7 - handle;

8 - TPK;

9 - guide;

10 - mating part of the electrical connector;

11 - fixation mechanism.

Carrying out the invention

The proposed method consists in installing a UAV simulator in the TPK 8, containing the simulator body 1, made in the form of a beam, the length of which does not exceed the length of the TPK 8, with the electrical connector of the simulator 2 and suspension elements 3-6 installed on it in accordance with their location on the simulated UAV, insert the suspension elements 3-6 into the grooves of the guide 9 installed in the TPK 8, with the lid folded down (not shown in the figure) of the TPK 8 using the handle 7 located on the body 1, on the side opposite to the loading direction UAV simulator in TPK 8.

The body of the simulator 1 is loaded into the TPK 8 by moving the suspension elements 3-6 along the guide 9 into the TPK 8 until one of the suspension elements 3-6 is fixed.

The integrity of the electrical circuits of the TPK 8 is checked with any test device, for example, a multimeter.

The fixation of one of the suspension elements 3-6 is controlled by visual inspection by the operator of the geometric arrangement of the fixation mechanism 11 in the TPK 8 with the end covers folded down (not shown in the figure).

Checking the integrity of the electrical circuits of the TPK 8 in conjunction with the full loading of the simulator body 1 in the TPK 8 makes it possible to verify the correct (standard) operation of the mechanisms located on the guide 9 that interact with the UAV when launched from the TPK 8.

Compared to the prototype, shortening the cycle for checking mechanisms that interact with the UAV when launched from TPK 8 allows us to speed up the method of monitoring the performance of TPK 8 during serial production using a UAV simulator.

The proposed device is made in the form of a UAV simulator containing a simulator body 1, which is a beam, the length of which does not exceed the length of the TPK 8.

A handle 7 is installed on the body of the simulator 1, located on the side opposite to the direction of loading the UAV simulator into the TPK 8.

The electrical connector of the simulator 2 has an electrical wiring of contacts made in such a way as to use the maximum number of contacts of the mating part of the electrical connector 10 in the TPK 8 to obtain a continuous electrical circuit. Testing such a circuit ensures its integrity is checked with a minimum number of operations.

The electrical connector of the simulator 2, as well as at least two suspension elements, are installed in accordance with their location on the simulated UAV.

In order to prevent deflection of the body of the UAV simulator, a larger number of suspension elements can be installed on it. In fig. 1, 2 shows an example of the implementation of a UAV simulator with four suspension elements 3-6.

The suspension element 3, installed in the part of the simulator body 1 corresponding to the tail part of the UAV, is intended to check the fixation mechanism 11 through visual inspection by the operator of its geometric location in the TPK 8 with the end covers folded down (not shown in the figure)

Using the suspension element 6 installed in the part of the simulator body 1 corresponding to the nose part of the UAV, the cantilever bending moment is eliminated from the impact on the electrical connector of the simulator 2 of the forces that arise when it is docked with the mating part of the electrical connector 10 in the TPK 8 during the loading of the simulator body 1 along guide 9.

Suspension elements 4-5 are designed to move the simulator body 1 along the guide 9.

Handle 7 is intended for manual loading of the simulator body 1 into the TPK 8 and unloading from it.

The integrity of the electrical circuits of the TPK 8 can be checked with any test device, for example, a multimeter.

Simplification of the design of the UAV simulator placed in the TPK 8, with the help of which the performance of the TPK 8 is monitored, allows for accelerated input monitoring of the performance of the TPK 8 UAV during serial production.

In this way, the functionality of the mechanisms interacting with the UAV when launched from TPK 8 is monitored.

The proposed invention can find wide application in monitoring the performance of a TPK, including input control during serial production of a TPK using UAV simulators, including mechanisms that interact with the UAV when launched from a TPK.

Claims (3)

1. A method for monitoring the performance of a transport and launch container using a simulator of an unmanned aerial vehicle containing a body, the length of which does not exceed the length of the transport and launch container, with an electrical connector and suspension elements installed on it, in which the suspension elements are inserted into the grooves of a guide installed in transport and launch container, load the simulator into the transport and launch container by moving the suspension elements along the guide in the transport and launch container, check the operation of the electrical circuits of the transport and launch container, characterized in that they insert the suspension elements into the grooves of the guide with the transport and launch container lid folded down container using a handle located on the body of the simulator, made in the form of a beam, on the side opposite to the direction of loading the simulator into the transport and launch container, load the simulator inside the transport and launch container until one of the suspension elements is fixed, check the integrity of the electrical circuits of the transport and launch container using the dialing method, they control the fixation of the fixed suspension element. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that control of the fixation of the fixed suspension element is carried out through visual inspection. 3. A device for monitoring the performance of the transport and launch container, made in the form of a simulator of an unmanned aerial vehicle, containing a body the length of which does not exceed the length of the transport and launch container, with an electrical connector and suspension elements installed on it, characterized in that the simulator body is a beam , on which at least two suspension elements are installed identical to the suspension elements of the simulated unmanned aerial vehicle, as well as a handle located on the side opposite to the direction of loading the simulator into the transport and launch container, and one of the suspension elements is designed to be fixed by a mechanism fixation on the transport and launch container.

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