Fixed wing UAV

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11433998-B2
Application number	US-202117396703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2021
Priority date	Feb 20, 2019
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

The disclosure provides a fixed wing UAV, with two propulsion propellers arranged parallel to each other and providing thrust for the UAV, or two traction propellers arranged parallel to each other and providing thrust for the UAV; A plurality of motors configured to drive the two propulsion propellers or the two traction propellers respectively, wherein the thrust ratio provided by the two propulsion propellers or the thrust ratio provided by the two traction propellers is changed to generate asymmetric thrust which controls the active yaw of the UAV. The fixed wing UAV provided by the disclosure improves the reliability of the thrust system and active yaw.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) comprising:
a left main wing and a right main wing;
a left forewing and a right forewing respectively shorter than the left main wing and the right main wing;
a main body coupled to the left main wing and the right main wing;
a left linear support connecting the left main wing to the left forewing;
a right linear support connecting the right main wing to the right forewing;
the left linear support has a first, a second, a third lifting propellers disposed thereon, and is coupled to a left vertical stabilizer;
the right linear support has a fourth, a fifth, a sixth lifting propellers disposed thereon, and is coupled to a right vertical stabilizer;
a left push propeller disposed at a rear end of the left linear support;
a right push propeller disposed at a rear end of the right linear support;
wherein the left linear support is parallel to the right linear support, and there are no other linear supports.

2. The fixed-wing UAV according to claim 1 further comprising a rudder to control an active yaw of the fixed-wing UAV.

3. The fixed-wing UAV as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fixed-wing UAV does not have any control surface.

4. The fixed-wing UAV as recited in claim 3 , wherein the left push propeller or the right push propeller is disposed on a same horizontal plane as a longitudinal axis of the left linear support.

5. A fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) comprising:
a left main wing and a right main wing;
a left forewing and a right forewing respectively shorter than the left main wing and the right main wing;
a main body coupled to the left main wing and the right main wing;
a left linear support connecting the left main wing to the left forewing;
a right linear support connecting the right main wing to the right forewing;
the left linear support has a first, a second, a third lifting propellers disposed thereon, and is coupled to a left vertical stabilizer;
the right linear support has a fourth, a fifth, a sixth lifting propellers disposed thereon, and is coupled to a right vertical stabilizer;
wherein the left linear support is parallel to the right linear support, and there are no other linear supports;
wherein a thrust ratio provided by the two push propellers or the thrust ratio provided by the two pull propellers is changed to generate an asymmetric thrust, which controls an active yaw of the UAVU; and
at least one of a) having a left push propeller disposed at a rear end of the left linear support and a right push propeller disposed at a rear end of the right linear support, and b) having a left pull propeller disposed at a front end of the left linear support and a right pull propeller disposed at a front end of the right linear support.

6. The fixed-wing UAV according to claim 5 further comprising a rudder.

7. The fixed-wing UAV according to claim 5 , wherein there are no control surfaces.

8. The fixed-wing UAV according to claim 7 , further comprising a detachable cargo hold or passenger cabin attached to its bottom side.

9. The fixed-wing UAV as recited in claim 5 further comprising a microprocessor to change the thrust ratio.

Assignees

• Shanghai Autoflight Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tian Yu

Classifications

• B64C2211/00

  Modular constructions of airplanes or helicopters · CPC title

• B64C25/54

  Floats · CPC title

• B64C35/005

  with propellers, rudders or brakes acting in the water · CPC title

• B64C29/0025 Primary

  the propellers being fixed relative to the fuselage · CPC title

• B64C37/02

  Flying units formed by separate aircraft (towing B64D3/00; aircraft transported by aircraft B64D5/00; air-refuelling B64D39/00) · CPC title