Unmanned aerial vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486828-B2
Application number	US-201615386448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 28, 2016
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a housing, the housing comprising:
an outer structure;
an inner structure, 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;
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;
wherein the at least one receiving chamber further comprises two cuts in the peripheral wall, the two cuts are positioned at sides of the receiving slot;
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.

2. The UAV of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detecting module is an ultrasonic detection module or an infrared detection module.

3. The UAV of claim 1 , wherein the inner structure is a ring-shaped plate, the ring-shaped plate is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.

4. The UAV of claim 1 , wherein the inner structure comprises a plurality of arc-shaped plates, each of the plurality of arc-shaped plates is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. The UAV of claim 1 , wherein 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.

8. The UAV of claim 7 , 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.

9. 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;
wherein the outer structure comprises a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall comprises at least one receiving chamber, a portion of the inner structure is exposed from the receiving slot to form at least one mounting portion corresponding to the at least one detecting module, the other portion of the inner structure is covered by the outer structure, the at least one detecting module is fixed to the at least one mounting portion.

10. The UAV of claim 9 , wherein the at least one detecting module is an ultrasonic detection module, or an infrared detection module.

11. The UAV of claim 9 , wherein the inner structure is a ring-shaped plate, the ring-shaped plate is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.

12. The UAV of claim 9 , wherein the inner structure comprises a plurality of arc-shaped plates, each of the plurality of arc-shaped plates is embedded into the outer structure and partially exposed from the receiving slot to form the at least one mounting portion.

13. The UAV of claim 9 , 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.

Assignees

• Chiun Mai Communications Systems Inc
• Chiun Mai Communication Systems Inc

Inventors

• Tsai Mong-Hau

Classifications

• B64U50/14

  ducted or shrouded · CPC title

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title

• B64C2201/127

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64C2201/108

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64C2201/162

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic