Unmanned aerial vehicle comprising safety guard

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12097958-B2
Application number	US-201917049920-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2019
Priority date	Apr 23, 2018
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention may comprise: a rotor-blade for providing thrust according to generation of main stream; and a safety guard disposed to surround the rotor-blade. The safety guard may comprise: a guide member which is disposed coaxially with the rotor-blade while having a gap between the guard member and the end of the rotor-blade, so as to stabilize, when the rotor-blade rotates, a flow field suctioned by a negative pressure, and stably boost a discharge flow when the pressure is changed to a positive pressure; and a diffuser which is disposed coaxially with and radially spaced apart from the guide member, and generates a secondary flow toward the main stream to increase a flow rate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a rotor blade for providing thrust according to generation of a main stream; and
a safety guard disposed to surround the rotor blade,
wherein the safety guard comprises:
a guide member comprising an interior surface and a an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, the interior surface disposed coaxially with and at a first distance from the rotor blade so as to have a gap between an end of the rotor blade and the interior surface, the guide member being configured to stabilize, when the rotor blade rotates, a flow field suctioned by a negative pressure, and to stably push an ejection flow when switching to a positive pressure; and
a diffuser comprising an interior surface disposed coaxially with and radially spaced apart from the guide member at a second distance from the rotor blade forming a space defined by the interior surface of the diffuser and the exterior surface of the guide member, the diffuser being configured to generate a secondary flow from an exterior of the safety guard through the space toward the main stream to increase a flow rate and the first distance being different than the second distance, and the space being coplanar to the gap,

wherein the guide member is integrally connected to the diffuser by multiple connection members which are arranged at an equal interval,
wherein the diffuser comprises multiple concave portions and multiple convex portions that are symmetrically arranged at a bottom end, and the secondary flow is mixed toward the main stream by the multiple concave portions,
wherein, when an inner diameter of the bottom end of the diffuser is defined as d1 and a diameter of the rotor blade is defined as d2, a ratio of d1/d2 is 60% to 70%, and
wherein, when the diameter of the rotor blade is defined as d2 and a vertical width of the diffuser is defined as d3, a ratio of d3/d2 is 20% to 25%.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the guide member comprises a bell mouth.

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 2 , wherein, when viewed from above the rotor blade vertically, the guide member is disposed parallel to the rotor blade without overlapping the rotor blade, and is disposed in a top end region parallel to the diffuser without overlapping the diffuser.

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the rotor blade is dually surrounded by the guide member and the diffuser in a radial direction.

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the diffuser is disposed to be spaced apart from the guide member in a radial direction.

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the rotor blade is disposed to be accommodated in the guide member.

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the guide member is accommodated in the diffuser, and a remaining portion is disposed to protrude from a top end of the diffuser.

8. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the multiple concave portions comprise eight concave portions.

9. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the guide member has a ring shape.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Yonghun
• Park Junho
• Jung Seunghwan
• Yang Soosang
• Jung Sangjun

Classifications

• B64U10/13

  Flying platforms · CPC title

• B64C23/00

  Influencing air flow over aircraft surfaces, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B64U30/299

  Rotor guards (ducted or shrouded rotors B64U30/26; guards used as ground propulsion B64U60/60) · CPC title

• B64U30/26 Primary

  Ducted or shrouded rotors · CPC title

• B64U30/30

  Lift-producing means using radial airflow · CPC title