UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

• US 20170313441A1
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Published: 11/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: TSAI, MONG-HAU
• Granted Patent: US 10,486,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 20/60 UAVs characterised by the material
• 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 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/14 ducted or shrouded
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a housing, at least one driving module, and at least one driving module. The housing includes an outer structure made of shock-absorbing material, and an inner structure made of rigid material, the inner structure partially embedded into the outer structure. The at least one driving module is assembled to the housing. The at least one detecting module is fixed on the inner structure and surrounded by the outer structure.

Claims

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

a housing, the housing comprising;

an outer structure made of shock-absorbing material;

an inner structure made of rigid material, the inner structure embedded in the outer structure;

at least one driving module assembled to the housing; and

at least one detecting module fixed on the inner structure and surrounded by the outer structure.

2. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the outer structure comprises a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall comprises at least one receiving chamber, the at least one receiving chamber comprises a receiving slot in the outer structure, the inner structure is partially exposed from the receiving slot to form at least one mounting portion corresponding to the at least one detecting module, the at least one detecting module is fixed to the at least one mounting portion.

3. The UAV of claim 2, wherein the at least one receiving chamber further comprises two cuts in the peripheral wall, the two cuts are positioned at two sides of the receiving slot.

4. The UAV of claim 3, wherein the peripheral wall comprises two arc surfaces by the two cuts, the arc surfaces extend along a direction toward the receiving slot to form a cone, the at least one detecting module is a camera module, a focus point of camera module is positioned on a central axis of the cone.

5. The UAV of claim 4, wherein a width of the cone at the peripheral wall is greater than or equate to a width of a field of view of the camera module.

6. The UAV of claim 2, wherein the at least one detecting module is an ultrasonic detection module or an infrared detection module.

7. The UAV of claim 2, wherein the inner structure is a ring-shaped sheet, the ring-shaped sheet is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.

8. The UAV of claim 2, wherein the inner structure comprises a plurality of arc-shaped sheets, each of the plurality of arc-shaped sheet is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.

9. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the outer structure comprises a receiving portion configured for receiving a circuit module, the receiving portion comprises a bottom wall, each corner of the bottom wall extends along a diagonal direction away from a center of the bottom wall to form at least one arm, the at least one driving module is assembled to the at least one arm, the outer structure further comprises at least one receiving hole surrounding the receiving portion, the at least one arm and the at least one driving modules are received in the at least one receiving hole.

10. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the detecting module is spaced from the outer structure and the detecting module does not contact the outer structure.

11. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

a housing, the housing comprising;

an outer structure;

an inner structure embedded in the outer structure, wherein an elastic coefficient of the outer structure is greater than an elastic coefficient of the inner structure;

at least one driving module assembled to the housing; and

at least one detecting module fixed on the inner structure and surrounded by the outer structure, wherein the at least one detecting module is spaced from the outer structure.

12. The UAV of claim 11, wherein the outer structure comprises a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall comprises at least one receiving chamber, the at least one receiving chamber comprises a receiving slot in the outer structure, the inner structure is partially exposed from the receiving slot to form at least one mounting portion corresponding to the at least one detecting module, the at least one detecting module is fixed to the at least one mounting portion.

13. The UAV of claim 12, wherein the at least one receiving chamber further comprises two cuts in the peripheral wall, the two cuts are positioned at two sides of the receiving slot.

14. The UAV of claim 13, wherein the peripheral wall comprises two arc surfaces by the two cuts, the arc surfaces extend along a direction toward the receiving slot to form a cone, the at least one detecting module is a camera module, a focus point of camera module is positioned on a central axis of the cone.

15. The UAV of claim 14, wherein a width of the cone at the peripheral wall is greater than or equate to a width of a field of view of the camera module.

16. The UAV of claim 12, wherein the at least one detecting module is an ultrasonic detection module, or an infrared detection module.

17. The UAV of claim 12, wherein the inner structure is a ring-shaped sheet, the ring-shaped sheet is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.

18. The UAV of claim 12, wherein the inner structure comprises a plurality of arc-shaped sheets, each of the plurality of arc-shaped sheet is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.