PROTECTION ELEMENT AND DEVICE FOR CAMERA DRONE

• US 20170043869A1
• Filed: 08/11/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: George Tang Industrial Corp., Intellitrax, Inc.
• Original Assignee: George Tang Industrial Corp., Intellitrax, Inc.
• Inventors: Howard, Richie, Tang, George
• Application Number:
  US14/823,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20170043869A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/006 Safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/08 with two or more rotors
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/20 Rotorcraft characterised by having shrouded rotors, e.g. flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras
• 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 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/13 using external fans or propellers
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 60/50 with landing legs

Abstract

A protection element and a protection device for a camera drone are disclosed herein. The protection element is installed between a landing gear and a propeller of the camera drone and comprises a fixing bracket joined to a brace of the propeller and positioned between the landing gear and the propeller; a protection ring positioned around the exterior of the fixing bracket; and at least one buffer stick joined to the fixing bracket and the protection ring. The protection elements may also be installed on a camera drone having more than two propellers to function as a protection device for the camera drone. While an unpracticed user operates a camera drone, the present invention can protect the propellers of the camera drone flying in a narrow space from directly bumping into a foreign object preventing the camera drone from crashing.

Claims

1. A protection element for a camera drone, installed between a landing gear and a propeller of said camera drone, and comprising a fixing bracket joined with a brace of said propeller of said camera drone and disposed between said landing gear and said propeller;

a protection ring disposed around exterior of said fixing bracket; and

at least one buffer stick joined with said fixing bracket and said protection ring.

2. The protection element for a camera drone according to claim 1, wherein said fixing bracket, said protection ring and said buffer stick are fabricated into a one-piece component.

3. The protection element for a camera drone according to claim 1, wherein at least one fixing element is used to join said fixing bracket to said brace of said propeller of said camera drone.

4. The protection element for a camera drone according to claim 3, wherein said fixing element is a screw.

5. The protection element for a camera drone according to claim 3, wherein said fixing element is a binding strip having a hook-and-loop fastener.

6. The protection element for a camera drone according to claim 1, wherein said fixing bracket, said protection ring and said buffer stick are made of polypropylene (PP).

7. The protection element for a camera drone according to claim 1, wherein said fixing bracket is a U-shape structure.

8. The protection element for a camera drone according to claim 7, wherein interior of an opening of said fixing bracket is joined to said brace of said propeller, and wherein exterior of said opening of said fixing bracket is joined to said protection ring, and wherein exterior of another side of said fixing bracket, which is opposite said opening, is joined with said at least one buffer stick.

9. A protection device for a camera drone, installed in a camera drone having at least two propellers, and comprising at least two protection elements stated in claim 1.

10. The protection device for a camera drone according to claim 9 further comprising at least one elastic fixing strip, wherein said elastic fixing strip connects said two protection elements, and wherein said two protection elements are simultaneously positioned between said landing gears and said propellers.

11. The protection device for a camera drone according to claim 10, wherein one end of said elastic fixing strip is joined to said protect ring of one said protection element, and wherein another end of said elastic fixing strip is joined to said protection ring of another said protection element.