Coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle

• US 10,259,573 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2016
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Goertek Technology Co., Ltd. (Goertek Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Goertek Technology Co., Ltd. (Goertek Incorporated)
• Inventors: Cai, Zhongyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ellis, Christopher P
• Application Number:
  US16/067,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20190009894A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 13/50 using electrical energy
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 17/02 by gravity or inertia-actuated apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/10 arranged coaxially
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/14 Direct drive between power plant and rotor hub
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/22 Compound rotorcraft, i.e. aircraft using in flight the features of both aeroplane and rotorcraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/46 Blades
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/82 characterised by the provision of an auxiliary rotor or fluid-jet device for counter-balancing lifting rotor torque or changing direction of rotorcraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 9/00 Adjustable control surfaces or members, e.g. rudders trimming stabilising surfaces B64C5/10
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 27/24 using steam or spring force jet aircraft B64D27/16
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 31/06 actuated automatically
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/10 Rotorcrafts
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/24 Coaxial rotors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors

Abstract

A coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle comprises an upper propeller (1), a lower propeller (2) and an aerial vehicle body (3). A first motor (4) and a second motor (5) are disposed in the aerial vehicle body (3). The first motor (4) is connected to the lower propeller (2) through a first transmission shaft (42). The second motor (5) is disposed below the first motor (4) and is connected to the upper propeller (1) through a second transmission shaft (52). The second transmission shaft (52) passes through the first motor (4), the first transmission shaft (42), and the lower propeller (2) sequentially and then is connected to the upper propeller (1). The second transmission shaft (52) and the first transmission shaft (42) are coaxial. The upper propeller (1) and the lower propeller (2) rotate at the same speed and in opposite directions under the drive of their individual motors.

Claims

1. A coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle, comprising:

an upper propeller,

a lower propeller, and

an aerial vehicle body,

wherein the upper propeller and the lower propeller are disposed at the end of the aerial vehicle body, the upper propeller is located above the lower propeller, and a first motor and a second motor are provided inside the aerial vehicle body,

the first motor is connected to the lower propeller through a first transmission shaft;

the second motor is located below the first motor and is connected to the upper propeller through a second transmission shaft, and the second transmission shaft passes through the first motor, the first transmission shaft and the lower propeller sequentially and then is connected to the upper propeller;

the second transmission shaft and the first transmission shaft are coaxial; and

the upper propeller and the lower propeller rotate at the same speed and in opposite directions under the drive of their individual motors;

wherein the coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle further comprise a wing drive unit constituting part of the aerial vehicle body;

a ring-shaped wing extending out of the wing drive unit is provided at a central position of the wing drive unit, and the ring-shaped wing is movable horizontally under the drive of the wing drive unit;

wherein, when drag areas of the ring-shaped wing extending out of an outer circumference of the wing drive unit are the same in all directions, the aerial vehicle maintains a current flying posture; and

wherein, when the ring-shaped wing moves toward a certain direction to increase the drag area extending out of the wing drive unit in the certain direction, and contracts into the wing drive unit in an opposite direction to reduce the drag area in the opposite direction, the aerial vehicle changes said current flight posture.

2. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first motor is fixed in the aerial vehicle body through a first fixing base, and the second motor is fixed in the aerial vehicle body through a second fixing base (51).

3. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first motor is an outer rotor motor, and the second motor is an inner rotor motor.

4. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the wing drive unit comprises a cylindrical magnetic ring, an electromagnetic motor, an upper cover and a lower cover, and

wherein the ring-shaped wing and an outer wall of the cylindrical magnetic ring are integrally formed;

wherein the cylindrical magnetic ring is sleeved e around an outer periphery of the electromagnetic motor, and wherein said cylindrical magnetic ring and said electromagnetic motor have substantially the same height and wherein said cylindrical magnetic ring has an annular diameter greater than said electromagnetic motor;

wherein the electromagnetic motor is fixed between the upper cover and the lower cover, and having a space between the upper cover and the lower cover through which the ring-shaped wing extends outward, and part of the ring-shaped wing extends outside the aerial vehicle body through the space formed by the upper cover and the lower cover;

wherein, when the current flying posture is maintained, a magnetic field of the electromagnetic motor is uniformly distributed and repels the polarity of the cylindrical magnetic ring and an axial center of the cylindrical magnetic ring coincides with an axial center of the electromagnetic motor; and

wherein, when the current flying posture is to be changed, an operating current flowing in the electromagnetic motor in one direction is changed to change the magnetic field of the electromagnetic motor, and the axial center of the cylindrical magnetic ring shifts under the action of the magnetic field of the electromagnetic motor and the ring-shaped wing is driven to move horizontally.

5. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover are substantially identical in structure and both comprise a screw base located at a central position and supporting columns located around the screw base;

and

wherein both ends of the electromagnetic motor have a screw head fitting with the screw base, and the upper cover and the lower cover are tightly fixed by the fitting of the screw head at both ends of the electromagnetic motor and the screw base.

6. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the aerial vehicle body comprises a nose, a fuselage and a tail,

wherein the fuselage is located between the nose (31) and the tail;

and

wherein the first motor and the second motor are both disposed inside the nose, and the wing drive unit is disposed between the nose and the fuselage.

7. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 6, wherein a main control circuit board, a battery and a third fixing base are disposed in the fuselage;

wherein the main control circuit board and the battery are disposed in the fuselage through the third fixing base, the battery is disposed at an upper side of the third fixing base, and the main control circuit board is fixed at a lower side of the third fixing base;

wherein the main control circuit board is configured to control the flight of the aerial vehicle; and

wherein the battery is configured to supply power to the main control circuit board, the first motor and the second motor.

8. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 7, wherein a distance measuring sensor and a sensor fixing base for fixing the distance measuring sensor in the tail are disposed in the tail;

wherein the distance measuring sensor is connected to the main control circuit board, and is configured to measure a real-time flying height of the aerial vehicle, and send measured flying height information to the main control circuit board; and

wherein the main control circuit board is configured to control the rotational speeds of the first motor and the second motor according to received flying height information.

9. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 6, further comprising:

a balance rod and a support frame;

wherein the balance rod is located at the front end of the upper propeller, and is configured to maintain the stability of the aerial vehicle when it hovers in the air; and

wherein the support frame is disposed outside of the tail and is configured to carry a carrier.

10. The coaxial twin-propeller twin-motor aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the aerial vehicle body comprises a nose, a fuselage and a tail,

wherein the first motor is disposed inside the nose, the second motor is disposed inside the fuselage, and the wing drive unit is disposed between the fuselage and the tail.