UNMANNED VEHICLE

• US 20170313418A1
• Filed: 01/14/2015
• Published: 11/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. (Hanwha Corporation)
• Inventors: YOON, Seok Hoon
• Application Number:
  US15/517,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20170313418A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 27/32 Rotors
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 20/87 Mounting of imaging devices, e.g. mounting of gimbals
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/26 Ducted or shrouded rotors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/293 Foldable or collapsible rotors or rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/27 with a single motor serving two or more rotors or propellers

Abstract

An unmanned vehicle is provided. The unmanned vehicle includes: a base; a driving unit including an actuator and a propeller rotating by using power of the actuator, the driving unit being provided outside the base capable of pivoting with respect to the base; and a supporter protruding from the base and supporting the base.

Claims

1. An unmanned vehicle comprising:

a base;

a driving unit comprising an actuator and a propeller rotating by using power of the actuator, the driving unit being provided outside the base capable of pivoting with respect to the base; and

a supporter protruding from the base and supporting the base.

2. The unmanned vehicle of claim 1, wherein the driving unit is provided as a plurality of driving units and is arranged in a radial form from a center of the base.

3. The unmanned vehicle of claim 1, wherein the driving unit rotates between a first location at which the driving unit is unfolded to form a same plane as that of the base, and a second location at which at least a portion of the driving unit is inserted between the supporters.

4. The unmanned vehicle of claim 3, wherein when the driving unit is arranged at the second location, the base and the driving unit form an inner space, and the propeller is arranged in the inner space.

5. The unmanned vehicle of claim 1, wherein the supporter comprises:

a pair of first supporters connected to the base; and

a second supporter connected to the first supporters and thicker than the first supporters.

6. The unmanned vehicle of claim 1, wherein the base is formed in a circular form or a polygonal form, and the driving unit is arranged on each surface of the base.

7. An unmanned vehicle comprising:

a base; and

a plurality of driving units comprising an actuator and a propeller rotating by using power of the actuator, the plurality of driving units being provided outside the base capable of pivoting with respect to the base,

wherein the plurality of driving units and the base respectively form surfaces of a three-dimensional figure when at least one of the plurality of driving units pivots such that an angle between the at least one of the plurality of driving units and the base has a predetermined angle.

8. The unmanned vehicle of claim 7, further comprising a supporter protruding from the base and supporting the base.

9. The unmanned vehicle of claim 7, wherein the driving unit is arranged in a radial form from a center of the base.

10. An unmanned vehicle comprising:

a base;

a plurality of driving units comprising an actuator and a propeller rotating by using power of the actuator, the plurality of driving units being provided, outside the base, in a radial form from a center of the base capable of pivoting with respect to the base.

11. An unmanned vehicle comprising:

a base;

a plurality of driving units comprising an actuator and a propeller rotating by using power of the actuator, the plurality of driving units being provided outside the base capable of pivoting with respect to the base;

an actuator unit provided to the base and simultaneously rotating the plurality of driving units; and

a supporter protruding from the base and supporting the base.

12. The unmanned vehicle of claim 11, wherein the driving unit pivots between a first location at which the driving unit is unfolded to form a same plane as that of the base, and a second location at which the plurality of the driving units are inserted between the supporters.

13. The unmanned vehicle of claim 11, wherein the supporter comprises:

a pair of first supporters connected to the base; and

a second supporter connected to the first supporters and thicker than the first supporters.