Unmanned aerial vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10538336-B2
Application number	US-201916401854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2019
Priority date	Nov 9, 2016
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage, an electrical component, and an adapter arranged at the fuselage. The fuselage includes a battery compartment for accommodating a battery. The battery compartment includes an electrical connector for electrically coupling to the battery. The adapter is electrically coupled to the electrical connector and includes an access unit electrically coupled to the electrical connector and an adapting unit detachably coupled to the access unit. The adapting unit is configured to be electrically connected to the access unit when the adapting unit is coupled to the access unit. The adapting unit is electrically coupled to the electrical component through an adapting conductive wire to conduct power from the battery to the electrical component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a fuselage including a battery compartment for accommodating a battery, the battery compartment including an electrical connector for electrically coupling to the battery;
an electrical component; and
an adapter arranged at the fuselage and electrically coupled to the electrical connector, the adapter including:
an access unit electrically coupled to the electrical connector; and
an adapting unit detachably coupled to the access unit, the adapting being configured to be electrically connected to the access unit when the adapting unit is coupled to the access unit, and the adapting unit being electrically coupled to the electrical component through an adapting conductive wire to conduct power from the battery to the electrical component.

2. The UAV according to claim 1 , wherein the access unit includes:
a base; and
a conductive post arranged at the base and electrically coupled to the electrical connector.

3. The UAV according to claim 2 , wherein the access unit further includes a fixing plate arranged at the base and configured to fix the conductive post.

4. The UAV according to claim 3 , wherein the fixing plate includes a fixing hole, and the conductive post passes through the fixing hole.

5. The UAV according to claim 2 , wherein:
the adapting unit includes:
a body; and
an adapting terminal at the body, the adapting terminal matching and being electrically coupled to the conductive post; and

the adapting conductive wire is electrically coupled to the adapting terminal.

6. The UAV according to claim 5 , wherein the conductive post includes a pre-tightening member coupled to the adapting terminal and configured to generate a pre-tightening force.

7. The UAV according to claim 5 , wherein:
the body includes a connection member;
one of the fuselage and the base includes a positioning member matching the connection member; and
when the connection member and the positioning member are coupled to each other, the adapting unit is positioned and held by the one of the fuselage and the base.

8. The UAV according to claim 5 , wherein:
the body includes an accommodating space; and
the adapting terminal is fixed in the accommodating space.

9. The UAV according to claim 5 , wherein the adapting unit further includes a cover plate arranged over the adapting terminal and fixed to the body.

10. The UAV according to claim 5 , wherein:
the fuselage includes an accommodating space expanding between two sides of the fuselage; and
the adapter is arranged in the accommodating space.

11. The UAV according to claim 2 , wherein:
the conductive post is one of four conductive posts of the access unit and the battery is one of two batteries configured to provide power to the UAV; and
each of the four conductive posts is coupled to one of the two batteries.

12. The UAV according to claim 11 , wherein adjacent two of the four conductive posts are coupled to each other through a conductive wire.

13. The UAV according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical component includes a power assembly, the power assembly including:
a motor configured to drive a propeller to rotate; and
an electronic speed controller electrically coupled to the motor and configured to control rotation of the motor, the electronic speed controller being electrically coupled to the adapting unit through the adapting conductive wire.

14. The UAV according to claim 13 , further comprising:
an arm including a hollow structure,
wherein:
the motor is arranged at the arm, and
the adapting conductive wire is arranged in the arm and is coupled to the motor.

15. The UAV according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a battery power supply board arranged at the fuselage and matching the electrical connector, the battery power supply board being coupled to the access unit through an output conductive wire.

16. The UAV according to claim 15 ,
wherein the battery compartment is a first battery compartment and the battery is a first battery;
the UAV further comprising:
a second battery compartment for accommodating a second battery;
wherein power lines for the first battery and the second battery are coupled to each other in parallel through at least one of the battery power supply board, the access unit, or the adapting unit.

17. The UAV according to claim 15 ,
wherein the battery compartment is a first battery compartment and the battery is a first battery;
the UAV further comprising:
a second battery compartment for accommodating a second battery electrically coupled to the electrical connector;
wherein the first battery compartment and the second battery compartment are arranged on two sides of the fuselage, respectively.

18. The UAV according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a fuselage center board at the fuselage and on a same side as the battery power supply board, the fuselage center board including a signal power supply connection unit electrically coupled to the battery power supply board;
wherein a voltage provided by the battery power supply board to the signal power supply connection unit is lower than a voltage provided by the battery power supply board to the access unit.

19. The UAV according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fuselage center board electrically coupled to a battery power supply board and configured to distribute battery power to a plurality of sensors of the UAV.

20. The UAV according to claim 1 , wherein the UAV is a multi-rotor UAV.

Assignees

• Sz Dji Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Guo Xiaokai
• Peng Tao
• Sun Liang
• Ou di
• Li Hongshan

Classifications

• B64D35/04

  characterised by the transmission driving a plurality of propellers or rotors · CPC title

• B64D27/26

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/24 Primary

  using steam or spring force (jet aircraft B64D27/16) · CPC title

• B64C2201/027

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64C2201/042

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic