Drone having a support housing an antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9983579-B2
Application number	US-201615298089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2016
Priority date	Oct 23, 2015
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a rotary-wing drone ( 10 ) comprising a drone body comprising an electronic board controlling the piloting of the drone, a wireless communication module and a plurality of connection arms, the wireless communication module being connected to a communication antenna ( 46 ), a plurality of propulsion units ( 36 ) mounted at the end of respective connection arms ( 34 ), and at least one drone body support ( 38 ) adapted to maintain the drone body remote from the ground. The drone body support ( 38 ) comprises an antenna housing ( 44 ) for holding the communication antenna.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotary-wing drone comprising
a drone body comprising an electronic board controlling the piloting of the drone, wireless communication means and a plurality of connection arms,
said wireless communication means being connected to a communication antenna,
a plurality of propulsion units mounted at the end of the respective connection arms,
at least one drone body support adapted to maintain the drone body remote from the ground, wherein the drone body support is coupled to the plurality of connection arms and is in a direction turned towards ground,

wherein the drone body support comprises an antenna housing for holding the communication antenna.

2. The drone according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna housing holds the communication antenna by a slide connection into which the communication antenna is slid by translation.

3. The drone according to claim 1 , wherein the drone body support is fastened at an end of the plurality of connection arms, under the propulsion unit.

4. The drone according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is coupled to the support of the drone body, substantially perpendicular to the drone body.

5. The drone according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna housing comprises a foolproofing means of a given shape, the antenna having a foolproofing means of complementary shape.

6. The drone according to claim 5 , wherein the foolproofing means is positioned in the antenna housing at the opposite of the propulsion unit.

7. The drone according to claim 1 , wherein the drone body support comprises connection means adapted to connect the antenna, the antenna being provided with complementary connection means.

8. The drone according to claim 1 , wherein the drone body support is removable, allowing the insertion of the antenna into said antenna housing.

Assignees

• Parrot Drones

Inventors

• Caubel Christine
• Savoye Guillame
• Morra Flavien
• Ferrand Arsene

Classifications

• B64U2201/20

  Remote controls · CPC title

• G05D1/0022 Primary

  characterised by the communication link (data switching networks in general H04L12/00) · CPC title

• G05D1/0016

  characterised by the operator's input device (input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00) · CPC title

• B64D47/08

  Arrangements of cameras · CPC title

• H01Q1/2291 Primary

  used in Bluetooth® or Wi-Fi® devices of Wireless Local Area Networks [WLAN] (H01Q1/241 takes precedence; WLAN in general H04W) · CPC title