Plug-and-play multifunctional attachment of remote control rotorcraft

• US 10,086,939 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chien-Kai Chiu
• Original Assignee: Chien-Kai Chiu
• Inventors: Chiu, Chien-Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Topolski, Magdalena
• Application Number:
  US14/951,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20170144759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 1/02 Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles jettisonable fuel reservoirs B64D37/12
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/10 Rotorcrafts
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/14 with four distinct rotor axes, e.g. quadcopters
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 20/40 Modular UAVs
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/60 for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/67 the UAVs comprising tethers for lowering the goods
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/69 the UAVs provided with means for airdropping goods, e.g. deploying a parachute during descent
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls

Abstract

A plug-and-play multifunctional attachment of a remote control rotorcraft, which includes: an attachment body that includes a device board and a remote control receiver unit. The device board has a top surface to which a first coupling member is mounted. The remote control receiver unit is mounted to and electrically connected to a bottom surface of the device board. Wireless transmission of a signal is enabled between a remote control device and the remote control receiver unit. A second coupling member is mounted to a bottom of an unmanned aircraft to enable selective engagement and coupling between the second coupling member and the first coupling member.

Claims

1. A plug-and-play multifunctional attachment device of a remote control rotorcraft, comprising:

an attachment body, which comprises a device board and a remote control receiver unit, the device board having a top surface to which a first coupling member is mounted, the remote control receiver unit being electrically connected to a bottom surface of the device board, wherein wireless transmission of a signal is enabled between a remote control device and the remote control receiver unit; and

a second coupling member, which is adapted to be mounted to a bottom of an unmanned aircraft so that the second coupling member is engageable with and coupled to the first coupling member;

wherein the device board of the attachment body further comprises a dropping mechanism and a power unit mounted to the bottom surface thereof, the dropping mechanism comprising a slidable bar and a retainer member, the slidable bar being coupled to the power unit to enable reciprocal movement of the slidable bar, the retainer member having an end pivotally connected to the dropping mechanism and an opposite end selectively in engagement with and thus retained by the slidable bar for receiving an object suspended and retained on the retainer member, wherein when the remote control device transmits the signal to the remote control receiver unit, the power unit is caused to drive the slidable bar to move in such a way that the retainer member disengages and thus separates from the slidable bar to enable dropping of the object.

2. The plug-and-play multifunctional attachment device of the remote control rotorcraft according to claim 1, wherein the device board comprises at least one light emission element mounted to and electrically connected to the bottom surface thereof so that when the remote control device transmits the signal to the remote control receiver unit, the light emission element is caused to give off light.

3. The plug-and-play multifunctional attachment device of the remote control rotorcraft according to claim 1, wherein the device board further comprises a switch element electrically connected thereto.