Aerial vehicle and a signal line protection assembly thereof

• US 9,896,195 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2016
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• 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: Ou, Di
• Primary Examiner(s): Woldemaryam, Assres H
• Application Number:
  US15/388,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20170113789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/36 adapted to receive antennas or radomes
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 25/06 fixed
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 25/52 Skis or runners
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 25/60 Oleo legs
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2221/00 Electric power distribution systems onboard aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/04 Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0406 Details thereof installation or suspension of conduit channels and other supports H02G3/263
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0462 Tubings, i.e. having a closed section

Abstract

A signal line protection assembly for an aerial vehicle includes a foot stand and a protection sleeve configured to receive a signal line. The foot stand includes a foot stand sleeve. At least a portion of the protection sleeve is received in the foot stand sleeve.

Claims

1. A signal line protection assembly connecting to a body of an aerial vehicle, comprising:

a foot stand including;

a foot stand sleeve;

a shock absorber including a hydraulic damping shock absorber; and

a protection sleeve configured to receive a signal line,

wherein;

the protection sleeve and the foot stand sleeve are separate structures,

the protection sleeve is connected between the body and the foot stand sleeve, and

at least a portion of the protection sleeve away from the body is received in the foot stand sleeve.

2. The signal line protection assembly of claim 1, wherein the foot stand sleeve comprises:

a bearing member, a first side of the bearing member being configured to bear a propulsion system for driving a rotor; and

a receiving portion provided at a second side of the bearing member and configured to receive and fix the protection sleeve.

3. The signal line protection assembly of claim 2, wherein:

the receiving portion is a first receiving portion provided at a first end of the second side of the bearing member, and

the foot stand sleeve further includes a second receiving portion provided at a second end of the second side of the bearing member.

4. The signal line protection assembly of claim 2, wherein the protection sleeve is fixed to the receiving portion by glue provided at a position where the protection sleeve contacts the receiving portion.

5. The signal line protection assembly of claim 2, wherein:

the protection sleeve includes a wire inlet configured to allow the signal line to enter the protection sleeve, and

the bearing member includes a wire outlet at a position corresponding to an end of the protection sleeve and configured to allow the signal line to be led out of the protection sleeve.

6. The signal line protection assembly of claim 2, wherein the foot stand includes an electronic speed controller compartment disposed below the bearing member and configured to receive an electronic speed controller of the aerial vehicle, the receiving portion of the foot stand sleeve being received in the electronic speed controller compartment, such that the protection sleeve is at least partially received in the electronic speed controller compartment.

7. The signal line protection assembly of claim 6, wherein the foot stand comprises a lower cover below the electronic speed controller compartment, one end of the lower cover being connected with one end of the electronic speed controller compartment, the lower cover including an antenna compartment configured to receive an antenna for receiving an external signal.

8. The signal line protection assembly of claim 7, wherein the protection sleeve is configured to receive a data line and a power line for the electronic speed controller and a data line for the antenna.

9. The signal line protection assembly of claim 7, wherein the shock absorber is connected between another end of the electronic speed controller compartment and another end of the lower cover.

10. The signal line protection assembly of claim 9, wherein one end of the shock absorber is inserted in a fixing portion of the electronic speed controller compartment and another end of the shock absorber is inserted in a fixing portion of the lower cover.

11. The signal line protection assembly of claim 1, wherein the protection sleeve includes a carbon tube.

12. The signal line protection assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a support member connected to the foot stand,

wherein the protection sleeve is completely received in the support member and the foot stand sleeve.

13. The signal line protection assembly of claim 1,

wherein the foot stand and the foot stand sleeve are first foot stand and first foot stand sleeve, respectively,

the signal line protection assembly further comprising:

a second foot stand including a second foot stand sleeve,

wherein one end of the protecting sleeve is received in the first foot stand sleeve and another end of the protecting sleeve is received in the second foot stand sleeve.

14. An aerial vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body;

an arm extending from the vehicle body;

a signal line protection assembly connected to the vehicle body through the arm, the signal line protection assembly comprising;

a foot stand including;

a foot stand sleeve;

a shock absorber including a hydraulic damping shock absorber; and

a protection sleeve,

wherein;

the protection sleeve and the foot stand sleeve are separate structures,

the protection sleeve is connected between the body and the foot stand sleeve, and

at least a portion of the protection sleeve away from the body is received in the foot stand sleeve; and

a signal line received in the protection sleeve.

15. The aerial vehicle of claim 14, further comprising:

a propulsion system configured to drive a rotor,

wherein the foot stand sleeve comprises;

a bearing member, a first side of the bearing member being configured to bear the propulsion system; and

a receiving portion provided at a second side of the bearing member and configured to receive and fix the protection sleeve.

16. The aerial vehicle of claim 15, wherein:

the receiving portion is a first receiving portion provided at a first end of the second side of the bearing member, and

the foot stand sleeve further includes a second receiving portion provided at a second end of the second side of the bearing member.

17. The aerial vehicle of claim 15, wherein the protection sleeve is fixed to the receiving portion by glue provided at a position where the protection sleeve contacts the receiving portion.

18. The aerial vehicle of claim 15, wherein:

the protection sleeve includes a wire inlet configured to allow the signal line to enter the protection sleeve, and

the bearing member includes a wire outlet at a position corresponding to an end of the protection sleeve and configured to allow the signal line to be led out of the protection sleeve.

19. The aerial vehicle of claim 15, wherein the foot stand includes an electronic speed controller compartment disposed below the bearing member and configured to receive an electronic speed controller of the aerial vehicle, the receiving portion of the foot stand sleeve being received in the electronic speed controller compartment, such that the protection sleeve is at least partially received in the electronic speed controller compartment.

20. The aerial vehicle of claim 19, wherein the foot stand comprises a lower cover below the electronic speed controller compartment, one end of the lower cover being connected with one end of the electronic speed controller compartment, the lower cover including an antenna compartment configured to receive an antenna for receiving an external signal.

21. The aerial vehicle of claim 20, wherein the protection sleeve is configured to receive a data line and a power line for the electronic speed controller and a data line for the antenna.

22. The aerial vehicle of claim 20, wherein the shock absorber is connected between another end of the electronic speed controller compartment and another end of the lower cover.

23. The aerial vehicle of claim 22, wherein one end of the shock absorber is inserted in a fixing portion of the electronic speed controller compartment and another end of the shock absorber is inserted in a fixing portion of the lower cover.

24. The aerial vehicle of claim 14, wherein the protection sleeve includes a carbon tube.

25. The aerial vehicle of claim 14, wherein:

the signal line protection assembly further includes a support member connected to the foot stand, and

the protection sleeve is completely received in the support member and the foot stand sleeve.

26. The aerial vehicle of claim 14, wherein:

the foot stand and the foot stand sleeve are first foot stand and first foot stand sleeve, respectively, and

the signal line protection assembly further comprises;

a second foot stand including a second foot stand sleeve,

wherein one end of the protecting sleeve is received in the first foot stand sleeve and another end of the protecting sleeve is received in the second foot stand sleeve.

27. The aerial vehicle of claim 14, wherein the protection sleeve is joined to the arm and extends in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the arm.