UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

• US 20190382133A1
• Filed: 08/22/2019
• Published: 12/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Yongsheng
• Application Number:
  US16/548,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20190382133A1
• 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 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: G03B 15/006 Apparatus mounted on flying objects
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0011 associated with a remote control arrangement

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The vehicle includes a main body; a supporting frame that is connected to the main body; two mounting brackets that are spaced apart; a plurality of shock absorbing structures that connect the supporting frame and the mounting brackets; and two gimbals configured to carry a plurality of payloads. The two gimbals are respectively connected to the two mounting brackets, and the shock absorbing structures absorb shocks on the gimbals.

Claims

1. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), comprising:

a main body;

a supporting frame that is connected to the main body;

two mounting brackets that are spaced apart;

a plurality of shock absorbing structures that connect the supporting frame and the mounting brackets; and

,

two gimbals configured to carry a plurality of payloads, wherein the two gimbals are respectively connected to the two mounting brackets, and the shock absorbing structures absorb shocks on the gimbals.

2. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the gimbals can be quickly disconnected from the mounting brackets.

3. The UAV of claim 2, wherein the two gimbals include a first gimbal and a second gimbal;

and the two mounting brackets include a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket;

the first gimbal includes a first snap and the first mounting bracket includes a receiving part for receiving the first snap to mount the first gimbal on the first mounting bracket;

the second gimbal includes a second snap and the second mounting bracket includes a second receiving part for receiving the second snap to mount the second gimbal on the second mounting bracket.

4. The UAV of claim 3, wherein the first snap is the same as the second snap, the first receiving part is the same as the second receiving part, and the first gimbal and the second gimbal are interchangeably mounted.

5. The UAV of claim 3, wherein the first snap is rotatably or slidably connected to the first receiving part;

and the second snap is rotatably or slidably connected to the second receiving part.

6. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the supporting frame further includes a connecting portion connected to the main body;

and

wherein a first shock absorbing member is disposed between the mounting member and the supporting frame or the main body.

7. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the shock absorbing structures includes one or more elastic members connected between the supporting frame and the mounting brackets.

8. The UAV of claim 7, wherein the elastic member includes a shock absorbing ball, a first end of the shock absorbing ball being detachably connected to the supporting frame, and a second end of the shock absorbing ball being detachably connected to the mounting brackets.

9. The UAV of claim 8, wherein a shock absorbing medium is disposed inside the shock absorbing ball.

10. The UAV of claim 9, wherein the shock absorbing medium includes a shock absorbing oil or a shock absorbing gas.

11. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the mounting brackets are disposed under the supporting frame and the shock absorbing structures are disposed between the mounting brackets and the supporting frame to form a pull-down shock absorbing structure.

12. The UAV of claim 1, wherein mounting bracket includes an extension bracket that is disposed above the supporting frame, and the shock absorbing structures are disposed between the extension bracket and the supporting frame to form an upward shock absorbing structure.

13. The UAV of claim 12, wherein different mounting brackets are mounted on the supporting frame, and different mounting brackets are used for mounting different gimbals.

14. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the main body includes one or more battery compartments to house a battery, and the center of gravity of the supporting frame may be adjusted by adjusting the battery in the battery compartment.

15. The UAV of claim 14, wherein the main body includes two or more battery compartments, and at least one of the two or more battery compartments is disposed on one side of the main body facing away from the supporting frame.

16. The UAV of claim 15, wherein the supporting frame is disposed on a front side of the main body, and at least one of the battery compartments is disposed at the rear portion of the main body to adjust the center of gravity of the supporting frame by adjusting the batteries in the battery compartments.

17. The UAV of claim 1, wherein the front side of the supporting frame is connected to a connecting bracket for mounting an obstacle avoidance detection member.

18. The UAV of claim 17, wherein the obstacle avoidance detection member includes one of:

an ultrasonic sensor, a radar sensor, or a binocular sensor.

19. The UAV of claim 17, wherein the connecting bracket is used to mount an FPV camera.

20. The UAV of claim 17, wherein the supporting frame is fixed connected to the connecting bracket, the connecting bracket being located above the supporting frame.