Driving device, propeller and propulsion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10669009-B2
Application number	US-201715589017-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A propulsion system comprises a propeller and a driving device coupled with the propeller. The propeller comprises a hub having a receiving hole, a plurality of blades connected to the hub, and a connecting surface. The driving device comprises a body portion, an elastic abutting member disposed on the body portion and configured to abut against the connecting surface, and a lock portion disposed on the body portion and including a first snap-fitting portion. A second snap-fitting portion is arranged on an inner wall of the receiving hole and is configured to snap with the first snap-fitting portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A propulsion system, comprising:
a propeller comprising:
a hub having a receiving hole;
a plurality of blades connected to the hub; and
a connecting surface; and

a driving device coupled with the propeller, the driving device comprising:
a body portion;
an elastic abutting member disposed on the body portion and configured to abut against the connecting surface; and
a lock portion disposed on the body portion, the lock portion including a first snap-fitting portion,

wherein a second snap-fitting portion is arranged on an inner wall of the receiving hole and is configured to snap with the first snap-fitting portion.

2. The propulsion system of claim 1 , wherein a stopping block is disposed on the second snap-fitting portion along a rotation direction of the blades during operation.

3. The propulsion system of claim 1 , a cylindrical connecting post is arranged inside the receiving hole and includes a connecting hole configured to connect with a driving shaft of the driving device.

4. The propulsion system of claim 3 , wherein at least one reinforcing plate is disposed on an outer sidewall of the connecting post.

5. The propulsion system of claim 3 , wherein the driving shaft is connected with the connecting hole through interference fit.

6. The propulsion system of claim 1 , wherein the driving device further comprises a mounting base, and the body portion is fixedly arranged at the mounting base.

7. The propulsion system of claim 6 , wherein the body portion comprises a carrying surface away from the mounting base, and the carrying surface includes a round receiving groove.

8. The propulsion system of claim 7 , wherein the elastic abutting member comprises:
a connecting plate received in the receiving groove; and
a plurality of elastic abutting portions elastically bending relative to the connecting plate and configured to abut against the propeller when the first snap-fitting portion is snapped with the propeller.

9. The propulsion system of claim 8 , wherein:
a plurality of first mounting holes surrounding the driving shaft are provided at a bottom of the receiving groove, the first mounting holes being threaded holes,
the connecting plate includes a plurality of second mounting holes corresponding to positions of the plurality of first mounting holes,
the lock portion comprises a bottom plate including a plurality of third mounting holes corresponding to the positions of the plurality of first mounting holes, and
two bolts pass through the second mounting holes and the third mounting holes to be connected with the first mounting holes by threading to fix the elastic abutting member and the lock portion on the carrying surface.

10. The propulsion system of claim 9 , wherein:
the connecting plate includes a first through hole corresponding to a position of the driving shaft,
the bottom plate includes a second through hole corresponding to the position of the driving shaft, and
the first through hole and the second through hole are configured for the driving shaft to pass through.

11. The propulsion system of claim 7 , wherein the elastic abutting member is an elastic element disposed on the carrying surface.

12. The propulsion system of claim 11 , wherein the elastic element includes two or more springs.

13. The propulsion system of claim 11 , wherein the elastic element includes rubber.

14. The propulsion system of claim 1 , wherein the elastic abutting portion and the lock portion are fixed on a carrying surface of the body portion by adhesion or welding.

15. The propulsion system of claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the connecting plate is about the same as a depth of the receiving groove.

16. The propulsion system of claim 1 , wherein the lock portion comprises an extension portion extending upwards along a direction perpendicular to a bottom plate of the lock portion, and the first snap-fitting portion is disposed on the extension portion.

17. The propulsion system of claim 16 , wherein the extension portion further includes at least two notches.

18. The propulsion system of claim 1 , wherein the second snap-fitting portion is an arc-shaped snapping block.

19. The propulsion system of claim 18 , wherein:
the second snap-fitting portion has an extension direction along a rotation direction of the blades, and includes a first end and a second end in the extension direction,
a first stopping block protrudes along an axial direction of the receiving hole from a first end of the second snap-fitting portion,
a second stopping block protrudes along the axial direction from a second end of the snapping block, and
the first snap-fitting portion is clamped between the first stopping block and the second stopping block.

20. The propulsion system of claim 19 , wherein a height of the first stopping block in the axial direction is greater than a height of the second stopping block in the axial direction.

Assignees

• Sz Dji Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tao Ye
• Deng Tao

Classifications

• B64D35/00

  Transmitting power from power plants to propellers or rotors; Arrangements of transmissions · CPC title

• B63H1/20

  Hubs; Blade connections · CPC title

• B64C2201/042

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64C11/04 Primary

  Blade mountings · CPC title

• B64C2201/108

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic