公开(公告)号：US20230264833A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US17652357

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: Microavia International Limited

Inventor： Ivan Biriuk ,  Denis Kotov

IPC: B64F1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/22

CPC classification number: B64F1/007 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64F1/222 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/201

Abstract: A packaging system for a plurality of drones is disclosed herein. The packaging system is designed for drones, which include a plurality of downward facing propellers and a drone body configured operatively below the plurality of downward facing propellers in a downwardly extending configuration. The packaging system comprises a primary container; and a plurality of secondary containers for holding ten of the drones therein, wherein the secondary containers have dimensions for facilitating accommodation of nine of the secondary containers in the primary container.

公开(公告)号：US11691761B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US16876203

申请日：2020-05-18

Applicant: FlyFocus Sp. z.o.o.

Inventor： Kacper Antoni Dolata ,  Igor Jan Skawinski ,  Bartlomiej Mateusz Zawada ,  Julian Daniel Zyromski

IPC: B64F3/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B60L53/16 ,  B60L53/20 ,  B60L53/66

CPC classification number: B64F3/02 ,  B60L53/16 ,  B60L53/20 ,  B60L53/66 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B60L2200/10 ,  B60L2210/10 ,  B60L2210/30 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/127

Abstract: A surveillance drone system is provided herein generally including an UAV, a base power station, and, a tether for connecting the UAV to the base power station to provide electrical power to the UAV when airborne. The base power station may include a cable take-up assembly for releasing and taking up the tether. A plug or power module is provided at the free end of the tether configured to be detachably coupled with the UAV, to transmit electrical power to, and, possibly, data to and from, the UAV. With the plug or power module being detached, the UAV is free to fly unrestricted. This arrangement allows for the UAV to be airborne for prolonged periods to allow for monitoring a region and for release to allow the UAV to investigate anomalies in the monitored region.

公开(公告)号：US20190252654A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16393494

申请日：2019-04-24

Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Fangming YE ,  Tao PENG ,  Liang SUN ,  Di OU

IPC: H01M2/10 ,  B64C1/00 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D27/26 ,  B64D47/00

CPC classification number: H01M2/1066 ,  B64C1/00 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D27/26 ,  B64D47/00 ,  H01M2/1072 ,  H01M2220/20

Abstract: A battery mounting apparatus includes a mounting plate configured to hold a battery, a locking structure configured to detachably attach the battery to the mounting plate, and an ejection structure configured to eject the battery when the locking structure releases the battery, such that at least a portion of the battery is separated from the mounting plate.

公开(公告)号：US20190248491A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16397663

申请日：2019-04-29

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Roy Champagne, JR. ,  Gur Kimchi ,  Louis Leroi LeGrand, III ,  Nicholas Hampel Roberts ,  Ricky Dean Welsh

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/08

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  G05D1/0858

Abstract: This disclosure describes an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), which includes a plurality of maneuverability propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll). The aerial vehicle may also include a lifting propulsion mechanism that operates to generate a force sufficient to maintain the aerial vehicle at an altitude.

公开(公告)号：US20190243385A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US16341978

申请日：2017-10-18

Applicant: DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Sui Yang Khoo ,  Michael John Norton ,  Abbas Zahedi Kouzani

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/20 ,  G05B13/04 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0858 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  G05B13/04 ,  G05D1/0088

Abstract: A method of operating a multicopter comprising a body and n thrusters, each thruster independently actuated to vector thrust angularly relative to the body about at least a first axis, the method comprising modelling dynamics of the multicopter with a mathematical model comprising coupled, non-linear combinations of thruster variables, decoupling the mathematical model into linear combinations of thruster control variables, sensing at least one characteristic of multicopter dynamics, comparing the sensed data with corresponding target characteristic(s), computing adjustments in thruster control variables for reducing the difference between the sensed data and the target characteristic(s) according to a control algorithm, and actuating each thruster according to the computed thruster control variables to converge the multicopter towards the target characteristic(s), wherein the control algorithm is based on the decoupled mathematical model such that each thruster control variable can be adjusted independently.

公开(公告)号：US20190241259A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US16341941

申请日：2017-10-13

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： SHINICHI TSUTSUMI ,  YUICHI YOSHIKAWA ,  SHO KOYAMA ,  KEIICHIRO NUKADA ,  HIROSHI UEDA ,  YUKI NAKADE

IPC: B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D27/24 ,  H02K1/27

CPC classification number: B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64D27/24 ,  H02K1/22 ,  H02K1/27 ,  Y02T50/44 ,  Y02T50/62

Abstract: A flying device includes a plurality of rotary vanes, a motor element serving as a driving source for each of the plurality of rotary vanes, the motor element driving and rotating a main shaft of the rotary vanes, and a drive circuit. The motor element includes a stator, a rotor, and a pair of bearings. The stator includes a stator core having an annular yoke and a plurality of teeth projecting inward from the annular yoke, and stator windings wound respectively around the plurality of teeth of the stator core. The rotor includes a permanent magnet of a cylindrical shape located inside the stator core via a gap, the permanent magnet being positioned counter to the plurality of teeth, a rotor yoke in contact with a cylindrical inner wall surface of the permanent magnet, and a shaft pivotally supported at an axis of the rotor yoke, the shaft being connected to the main shaft. The pair of bearings pivotally support the shaft to allow the shaft to rotate freely, and are located respectively on both sides of a direction of a rotating shaft of the rotor. The permanent magnet has anisotropically arranged magnetic poles, and a number of the magnetic poles is P representing an even number. The permanent magnet is configured such that the rotor yoke is smaller in weight than the permanent magnet. The drive circuit controls a stator current supplied to the stator windings.

公开(公告)号：US20190212755A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16352982

申请日：2019-03-14

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Fabian Oberndorfer ,  Wolfgang Rottner ,  Stefan Klar

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C7/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0816 ,  B64C7/00 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/165

Abstract: Methods and devices are presented for controlling or reducing amount of downwash generated by a drone. A drone including a plurality of arms including rotors may be configured to operate and fly with arms in an elevated position with respect to a horizontal plane. The elevated arms may allow a drone to fly with reduced vertical downwash.

公开(公告)号：US20190210725A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16352694

申请日：2019-03-13

Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC

Inventor： Robert L. Cantrell ,  John P. Thompson ,  David C. Winkle ,  Michael D. Atchley ,  Donald R. High ,  Todd D. Mattingly ,  John J. O'Brien ,  John F. Simon

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64C33/02 ,  B64C3/56 ,  B64C3/42

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C3/42 ,  B64C3/56 ,  B64C33/02 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/022 ,  B64C2201/025 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/102 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/162

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for unmanned flight optimization. A system for unmanned flight comprises a set of motors configured to provide locomotion to an unmanned aerial vehicle, a set of wings coupled to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle via an actuator and configured to move relative to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a sensor system on the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: control the unmanned aerial vehicle, cause the set of motors to lift the unmanned aerial vehicle, detect condition parameters based on the sensor system, determine a position for the set of wings based on the condition parameters, and cause the actuator to move the set of wings to the wing position while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in flight.

公开(公告)号：US20190210723A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US15863018

申请日：2018-01-05

Applicant: Raytheon Company

Inventor： Gregory W. Heinen

IPC: B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64B1/34 ,  B64B1/44 ,  B64B1/54 ,  B64B1/70 ,  B64B2201/00 ,  B64C2201/022 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/101 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  G01S7/4004 ,  G01S7/4052 ,  G01S2007/4082 ,  H01Q1/082 ,  H01Q1/2291 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q1/34

Abstract: A flight vehicle includes a drone with a pair of shaped protrusions mechanically coupled to the drone. One of the shapes is a hollow lift-producing shape, such as being a balloon filed with a lighter-than-air gas, and the other of the shapes is below the drone. The shape below the drone may be a hollow shape that does not produce lift, for example being a balloon filled with air. The shapes may be similar in size and shape, so as to provide similar drag characteristics. The shapes may be opposite ends of a support, such as a stick, rod, or other (relatively) slender structure. The vehicle includes a payload, such as radar calibration equipment or an antenna. The drone may be used to counteract wind forces on the flight vehicle, and/or to otherwise position the flight vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20190196182A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16294376

申请日：2019-03-06

Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kiichi Naito

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  G03B15/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G02B27/0006 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G03B15/006 ,  G03B17/02 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: An imaging system includes an image sensor, an optical element arranged in front of the image sensor, and a circuit. The circuit is configured to determine an orientation of the optical element, and control the optical element to vibrate when the orientation of the optical element meets a preset condition.