Unmanned aerial vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10266264-B2
Application number	US-201816003589-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2018
Priority date	Dec 5, 2016
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

The present invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle, including: a fuselage; a battery accommodation cavity, disposed on the fuselage; a battery pack, including at least two battery blocks and mounted inside the battery accommodation cavity; a battery circuit board, electrically connected to the battery blocks in the battery pack; and a functional module, electrically connected to the battery circuit board, the battery blocks in the battery pack supplying power to the functional module via the battery circuit board at the same time. By using the solution of the present invention, endurance of the unmanned aerial vehicle is increased.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a fuselage having a battery accommodation cavity, wherein the battery accommodation cavity comprises at least two openings;
a plurality of arms, wherein each arm is coupled to the fuselage, wherein each of the at least two openings is located between two neighboring arms of the plurality of arms;
a propulsion assembly mounted on the each arm, wherein the propulsion assembly comprises a propeller and a motor, the motor being configured to rotate the propeller in order to generate lift force;
an electronic board disposed inside the fuselage, wherein the electronic board comprises at least one of a flight control board, an electronic speed control board, a steering driving board and a radar electronic board; and
at least two battery blocks, wherein each of the at least two battery blocks comprises a battery housing and a battery disposed in the battery housing;
wherein the each of the at least two battery blocks is inserted into the battery accommodation cavity via one of the at least two openings;
wherein at least a portion of the each of the at least two battery blocks is visible in a state where the each of the at least two battery blocks is completely installed into the battery accommodation cavity;
wherein the at least two battery blocks power the electronic board at the same time.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery circuit board electrically connected to the at least two battery blocks, the at least two battery blocks powering the electronic board at the same time via the battery circuit board.

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two battery blocks are connected to the battery circuit board respectively to form a parallel structure.

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the at least two battery blocks comprises a first battery block and a second battery block.

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the first battery block comprises a first positive power interface and a first negative power interface, the second battery block comprising a second positive power interface and a second negative power interface, the battery circuit board comprising a third positive power interface, a third negative power interface, a fourth positive power interface and a fourth negative power interface;
wherein the first positive power interface is electrically connected to the third positive power interface, the first negative power interface being electrically connected to the third negative power interface;
wherein the second positive power interface is electrically connected to the fourth positive power interface, the second negative power interface being electrically connected to the fourth negative power interface;
wherein the third positive power interface is electrically connected to the fourth positive power interface, the third negative power interface being electrically connected to the fourth negative power interface.

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two battery blocks are connected to the battery circuit board respectively to form a series structure.

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two battery blocks comprise a first battery block and a second battery block.

8. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the first battery block comprises a first positive power interface and a first negative power interface, and the second battery block comprising a second positive power interface and a second negative power interface, the battery circuit board comprising a third positive power interface, a third negative power interface, a fourth positive power interface and a fourth negative power interface;
wherein the first positive power interface is electrically connected to the third negative power interface, the first negative power interface being electrically connected to the third positive power interface;
wherein the second positive power interface is electrically connected to the fourth negative power interface, and the second negative power interface being electrically connected to the fourth positive power interface;
wherein the third positive power interface is electrically connected to the fourth negative power interface.

9. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2 , comprising at least two electronic boards, the battery circuit board comprising at least two inner power supply loops for allocating a total voltage on the battery circuit board to the at least two electronic boards.

10. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein each of the at least two inner power supply loops is electrically connected to at least one electronic board.

11. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two battery blocks are connected in series.

12. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the at least two battery blocks comprise a first battery block and a second battery block.

13. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two battery blocks are connected in parallel.

14. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two battery blocks further comprises an adapter board electrically connected to the battery;
wherein the electronic board comprises a flight control board, and the adapter board is configured to monitor a performance status of the battery and feed back a monitoring result to the flight control board.

15. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein each of the at least two battery blocks further comprises a protection board configured to prevent the battery from being broken or deformed.

16. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the battery accommodation cavity extends along a first direction and/or a second direction on a plane of the fuselage.

17. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the battery accommodation cavity extends along the first direction and the second direction on the plane of the fuselage, and the first direction are perpendicular to the second direction.

18. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the arms are spaced on an outer periphery of the fuselage.

Assignees

• Autel Robotics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Luo Dongdong
• Ni Feng
• Lv hang
• Su Wenbing

Classifications

• B64U2201/10

  autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS] · CPC title

• B60L50/66

  Arrangements of batteries · CPC title

• B60L11/1877

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• Y02T10/7005

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60L11/1861

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic