MOTOR AND GIMBAL HAVING THE SAME

• US 20170227831A1
• Filed: 01/19/2017
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zerotech (Beijing) Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Zerotech (Beijing) Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TANG, JIE, LIU, GENGPENG, SUN, HONGTAO
• Application Number:
  US15/409,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20170227831A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 20/87 Mounting of imaging devices, e.g. mounting of gimbals
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/123 the axis of rotation intersecting in a single point, e.g. by using gimbals
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2071 for panning and rolling F16M11/2078 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/065 with a special structure, e.g. reinforced or adapted for space reduction
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/006 Apparatus mounted on flying objects
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/215 Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/33 Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics H02K11/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/225 Terminal boxes or connection arrangements specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132

Abstract

A motor and a gimbal having the same. The motor includes a stator and a rotor, and further includes a connection shaft. The rotor is fixedly connected with the connection shaft, the connection shaft is rotatably connected with the stator through a bearing, and the connection shaft is provided in an axial direction thereof with a central through hole. The present disclosure further discloses a gimbal using the motor described above. In an embodiment, it is able to avoid the problem that a signal wire is wound and exposed outside the motor or the gimbal, solve the problem that the signal wire could be released or rewound with the positive or negative rotation of the motor, and reduce the length of the wire.

Claims

1. A motor, comprising a stator and a rotor, wherein the motor further comprises a connection shaft, the rotor is fixedly connected with the connection shaft, the connection shaft is rotatably connected with the stator through a bearing, and the connection shaft is provided in an axial direction thereof with a central through hole.

2. The motor according to claim 1, wherein the motor further comprises a drive board, with the drive board electrically connected with the stator of the motor and driving the motor.

3. The motor according to claim 2, wherein the motor further comprises a magnetic encoder, with the magnetic encoder electrically connected with the drive board and configured to measure angle and/or position information of the motor and feed back the measured information to the drive board.

4. A gimbal, comprising a fixing base, a photographing apparatus, a signal wire and at least one motor, wherein:

the at least one motor each comprises a stator, a rotor and a connection shaft, the rotor is fixedly connected with the connection shaft, the connection shaft is rotatably connected with the stator through a bearing, and the connection shaft is provided in an axial direction thereof with a central through hole;

the fixing base is connected with the photographing apparatus through the at least one motor; and

the signal wire is arranged to pass through the central through hole of the connection shaft of the at least one motor.

5. The gimbal according to claim 4, wherein the motors comprised in the gimbal are in number of two or three, with the two or three motors connected in series, and the gimbal further comprises a connecting arm connected between two adjacent ones of the motors;

wherein a guide channel is provided inside the connecting arm, and the signal wire is arranged to pass through the guide channel and the central through holes of the connection shafts of the motors; and

in the motors connected in series, a first one is fixedly connected with the fixing base, and a last one is fixedly connected with the photographing apparatus.

6. The gimbal according to claim 5, wherein the axial directions of the connection shafts of the two or three motors are perpendicular to one another.

7. The gimbal according to claim 4, wherein the gimbal further comprises a main control board, with the main control board fixed onto any of the motors of the gimbal and configured to adjust rotation of the at least one motor based on attitude information of the photographing apparatus.

8. The gimbal according to claim 7, wherein:

the main control board is electrically connected with the stator of the at least one motor through the signal wire;

or

the at least one motor each comprises a drive board, and the main control board is electrically connected with the drive board of the motor through the signal wire.

9. The gimbal according to claim 4, wherein the at least one motor in the gimbal uses one drive board, and the drive board is fixedly connected onto any of the motors of the gimbal.

10. The gimbal according to claim 4, wherein the gimbal further comprises an inertial measurement unit and a main control board, the inertial measurement unit is electrically connected with the main control board and fixed onto the motor connected with the photographing apparatus, and the inertial measurement unit is configured to sense attitude information of the photographing apparatus and send the attitude information of the photographing apparatus to the main control board.

11. The gimbal according to claim 4, wherein the motor further comprises a drive board, with the drive board electrically connected with the stator of the motor and driving the motor.

12. The gimbal according to claim 11, wherein the motor further comprises a magnetic encoder, with the magnetic encoder electrically connected with the drive board and configured to measure angle and/or position information of the motor and feed back the measured information to the drive board.

13. A gimbal, comprising at least one motor comprising a stator, a rotor and a connection shaft, wherein the rotor is fixedly connected with the connection shaft, the connection shaft is rotatably connected with the stator through a bearing, and the connection shaft is provided in an axial direction thereof with a central through hole.

14. The gimbal according to claim 13, wherein the motor further comprises a drive board, with the drive board electrically connected with the stator of the motor and driving the motor.

15. The gimbal according to claim 14, wherein the motor further comprises a magnetic encoder, with the magnetic encoder electrically connected with the drive board and configured to measure angle and/or position information of the motor and feed back the measured information to the drive board.

16. The gimbal according to claim 13, wherein the at least one motor in the gimbal uses one drive board, and the drive board is fixedly connected onto any of the motors in the gimbal.