26results about "Convertible vehicles" patented technology

A craft is provided with a lever that can control the power / speed of the craft and semi-automatically transition the craft in various modes of operation. This makes control of the craft somewhat similar to control of a boat, thereby bringing a maritime flight control experience to a wing-in-ground effect vehicles, hydrofoiling vessels, seagliders, and seaplanes. Further, various audio, visual, and / or haptic devices in the cockpit can provide alerts / feedback to the operator on the use of the lever and mode transitions.

The water-land-air triphibian variable-configuration robot comprises a robot body, a deformation wheel, a rotating wheel and a clamping jaw mechanism, and the robot body comprises a middle connecting pipe, a clamping jaw seat and two robot body deformation assemblies; the clamping jaw seat is rotatably arranged on the middle connecting pipe, and the clamping jaw mechanism is arranged on the clamping jaw seat; the two aircraft body deformation assemblies are arranged on the middle connecting pipe and connected with the deformation wheels and the rotating wheels correspondingly so that the deformation wheels and the rotating wheels can rotate around the middle connecting pipe, and then the whole aircraft can be switched among a flight mode, a ground mode and a water surface mode. And the deformation wheels are provided with paddle legs which can be embedded or opened, so that the whole machine is deformed between a wheel type state and a wheel paddle leg state. According to the invention, triphibian multi-mode movement can be realized, and a flexible operation tail end is provided.

The variable-configuration multi-purpose robot comprises a robot body and the wheel-claw-paddle composite mechanism, the robot body comprises a robot body, an upper cover plate and two side plates, the upper cover plate is fixed to the robot body, and the two side plates are rotatably arranged on the two sides of the cover plate through two hinges correspondingly; the hinge is a rotary damping adjustable hinge; the wheel-claw-paddle composite mechanism is allowed to be switched between a wheel-claw-paddle state and a wheel-type state, the wheel-claw-paddle composite mechanism is arranged on the side plate so that the side plate can rotate and be locked relative to the upper cover plate within a set angle range, and then the whole machine can be switched among a flight mode, a ground mode and a water surface mode. The device can adapt to water, land and air triphibian environments at the same time and is integrated with light-weight design.

A motor vehicle hub station configured to function as a terminal for an air motor vehicle, a ground motor vehicle, or a water motor vehicle, the motor vehicle hub station including a plurality of levels by a combination of a water surface level connected to a water surface and having an entrance for a water motor vehicle, a port level having a takeoff and landing field for an air motor vehicle, or a ground level configured to be connected to a ground and having an entrance for a ground motor vehicle, wherein a lift passage having an internal space extending in an up-down direction of the motor vehicle hub station is provided between the levels, the internal space is connected to each of the water surface level, the port level, and the ground level, and the air motor vehicle, the ground motor vehicle, or the water motor vehicle is lifted or lowered through the internal space.

Disclosed in the present application is a triphibious reconfigurable robot, which comprises a reconfigurable mechanism, a configuration driving mechanism, and paddle wheels. The reconfigurable mechanism comprises eight links that are sequentially connected end to end to form a closed-loop structure. The configuration driving mechanism comprises four first driving elements, two of which are respectively connected to first rotating shafts, and the other two of which are respectively connected to second rotating shafts. Each first rotating shaft is connected to a paddle wheel. The triphibious reconfigurable robot has a first motion mode, a second motion mode, and a third motion mode. The configuration driving mechanism is capable of driving the reconfigurable mechanism to change configurations, such that the reconfigurable mechanism is switched to different postures and enables the robot to switch between different motion modes. The robot achieves mode switching by reconfiguration of the reconfigurable mechanism, thereby adapting to motion requirements in aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial environments.

This invention relates to an amphibious, land, and air-based transformable robot with a rotatable gripper, comprising a body, transforming wheels, a rotating wheel, and a gripper mechanism. The body includes a central connecting tube, a gripper base, and two transforming body components. The gripper base is rotatably mounted on the central connecting tube, and the gripper mechanism is mounted on the gripper base. Both transforming body components are mounted on the central connecting tube and connected to the transforming wheel and the rotating wheel respectively, allowing the transforming wheel and the rotating wheel to rotate around the central connecting tube, thereby enabling the robot to switch configurations between flight mode, land mode, and water mode. The transforming wheel is equipped with insertable or extendable propeller legs, allowing the robot to transform between a wheeled state and a wheel-propeller-leg state. This invention enables amphibious multimodal movement and features a flexible end effector.

The invention relates to the technical field of engines, in particular to a magnetofluid-water ramjet mixed cross-medium engine which comprises a mounting protective cover, a magnetofluid power generation propelling system, a conveying spray pipe, a water ramjet engine system, a first adjusting nozzle and a first motor. The conveying spray pipe and the water ramjet engine system are arranged in the installation protective cover, and the water ramjet engine system is connected to the upper end of the conveying spray pipe. Metal fuel powder arranged in the water ramjet engine system can be timely and sufficiently supplemented, so that the water ramjet engine system can stably run, the fuel powder in the water ramjet engine system can be fully contacted and reacted with clear water in the running process, the contact mixing reaction efficiency is high, and the service life of the water ramjet engine system is prolonged. The aircraft is simple in structure, rapid and thorough in response, capable of providing sufficient power in water and capable of assisting in providing power when flying in the air, so that the aircraft flies stably and has a longer flight stroke.

The invention discloses a multi-mode caterpillar track unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft capable of spraying pesticide and transporting, and relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, the multi-mode caterpillar track unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft comprises a caterpillar track-rotor wing integrated mechanism, folding self-locking mechanisms, a pesticide spraying-propelling mechanism and a fuselage structure, and the two folding self-locking mechanisms are symmetrically arranged on the fuselage structure; each folding self-locking mechanism is provided with a crawler-rotor integrated mechanism, each crawler-rotor integrated mechanism is provided with a pesticide spraying-propelling mechanism, and the folding self-locking mechanisms are used for adjusting the angles of the crawler-rotor integrated mechanisms. By optimizing the structural design, compact integration of the crawler belt-rotor wing integrated mechanism, the folding self-locking mechanism and the pesticide spraying-propelling mechanism is achieved, the multi-mode functions of air flight, ground running and water surface movement are achieved, and it is ensured that the unmanned aerial vehicle works efficiently in various environments.

A measurement vehicle includes a geophysical sensor. One or more operational sensors are configured to detect operational data related to operation of the measurement vehicle. A driving system is configured to move the measurement vehicle in a travel direction relative to a measurement point. A controller is configured to receive information from the geophysical sensor and the operational sensors, and to control the driving system based on the information.

The invention discloses a search, rescue, monitoring and sightseeing integrated method and system for a water-land-air three-purpose automobile and the automobile, and belongs to the technical field of special vehicles. The automobile comprises an automobile body, a power system, a water-land-air mode switching mechanism, a search and rescue system, an environment monitoring system, a sightseeing system and a control system. The vehicle body is of a sealed buoyancy structure and is provided with telescopic flying wings, foldable wheels and propellers, and rapid switching of three modes of water, land and air is achieved. The system comprises a plurality of subsystems which cooperatively realize search and rescue, monitoring and sightseeing functions; according to the method, multi-scene operation is completed through four steps of mode selection, function starting, collaborative operation and operation ending. Three core functions of water search and rescue, environment monitoring and sightseeing tour are integrated, the limitation of single function of a traditional vehicle is broken through, mode switching is convenient, function collaboration is high, the equipment investment cost is reduced, the system is suitable for multiple scenes such as emergency rescue, environment management and control and sightseeing tour, and practicability and adaptability are outstanding.

The propulsion unit including a casing having an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, at least one tire disposed within the casing within a duct defined by the inner curved surface and the outer curved surface, a first propeller and a second propeller having a plurality of blades extending from within the casing toward a center axis of the casing, and one or more motors housed within the casing, the one or motor being configured to operate the at least one tire, the first propeller, and the second propeller independently of one another. There is also provided a vehicle with one or more propulsion units of the present disclosure.

The invention discloses a search, rescue, monitoring and sightseeing integrated method and system for a water-land-air three-purpose motorcycle and the motorcycle, and belongs to the technical field of special vehicles. The motorcycle comprises a motorcycle body, a power system, a scene switching mechanism, a function integration module and a control system. A foldable floating body is arranged at the bottom of the vehicle body, telescopic rotors are arranged on the two sides of the vehicle body, and a switchable propelling device is arranged at the tail. The power system adopts a hybrid design to adapt to power requirements of different scenes; the scene switching mechanism realizes quick switching of three scenes of water, land and air; the function integration module integrates three core functions of search and rescue, environment monitoring and sightseeing. And the control system realizes whole-process cooperative control. The system comprises the motorcycle, a terminal control device and a cloud server, and realizes data interaction and remote scheduling. According to the method, a multi-scene task is completed through five steps of scene selection, switching, function starting, real-time regulation and control and task ending. The problems that an existing device is single in function and inconvenient in scene switching are solved, integration of multiple functions of the single device is achieved, scene adaptability and task efficiency are improved, and the device is suitable for water search and rescue, environment monitoring and sightseeing tourism scenes.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles also known as UAVs or Drones, either autonomous or remotely piloted, are classified as drones by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as weighing under 212 pounds. The system described herein details Autonomous Flight Vehicles (AFV) which weigh over 212 pounds but less than 1,320 pounds which may require either a new classification or a classification such as Sport Light Aircraft, but without the requirement of a pilot due to the safe autonomous flight system such as the Safe Temporal Vector Integration Engine or STeVIE. Safe Autonomous Light Aircraft (SALA) are useful as drone carriers, large scale air package or cargo transport, and even human transport depending on the total lift capability of the platform.

The propulsion unit including a casing having an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, at least one tire disposed within the casing within a duct defined by the inner curved surface and the outer curved surface, a first propeller and a second propeller having a plurality of blades extending from within the casing toward a center axis of the casing, and one or more motors housed within the casing, the one or motor being configured to operate the at least one tire, the first propeller, and the second propeller independently of one another. There is also provided a vehicle with one or more propulsion units of the present disclosure.

The present application relates to a kind of sea-air multiplexing propeller, including driving mechanism, air propeller mechanism and water propeller mechanism, the driving mechanism includes mobile motor component and center shaft component;The air propeller mechanism and water propeller mechanism are located at the two ends of center shaft component respectively, first conducting part is equipped on the air propeller mechanism, second conducting part is equipped on the water propeller mechanism, the upper end of mobile motor component is equipped with the first connecting component matched with first conducting part, the lower end of mobile motor component is equipped with the second connecting component matched with second conducting part, mobile motor component is set on center shaft component, mobile motor component moves up and down along center shaft component, so that first conducting part drives and connects first connecting component, or second conducting part drives and connects second connecting component.Compared with prior art, the present application has the advantages of low energy consumption, high efficiency.

The invention discloses a water-air cross-medium amphibious aircraft with anti-Zimeman wings, which relates to the technical field of aircrafts and comprises an aircraft body, an air power device and an underwater power device. The fuselage comprises an anti-Zimeman wing and an empennage, and the air power device and the underwater power device are both mounted on the anti-Zimeman wing; the anti-Zimeman wing is provided with a front tip end and a rear blunt end which are oppositely arranged, and the empennage is connected to the rear blunt end of the anti-Zimeman wing. The water-air cross-medium amphibious aircraft with the anti-Zimeman wing is adopted to solve the problems that a traditional rectangular wing cross-medium aircraft in the prior art is large in drainage volume, insufficient in lift margin and low in cross-medium conversion efficiency, and the working efficiency of the water-air cross-medium amphibious aircraft is higher.

A craft is provided with a lever that can control the power / speed of the craft and semi-automatically transition the craft in various modes of operation. This makes control of the craft somewhat similar to control of a boat, thereby bringing a maritime flight control experience to a wing-in-ground effect vehicles, hydrofoiling vessels, seagliders, and seaplanes. Further, various audio, visual, and / or haptic devices in the cockpit can provide alerts / feedback to the operator on the use of the lever and mode transitions.

The triphibian unmanned aerial vehicle belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles and comprises a vehicle body, a suspension cabin is arranged at the bottom of the vehicle body, and multiple sets of power arm units are arranged on the side portion of the vehicle body at intervals in the circumferential direction; the power arm unit comprises a first rocker arm, one end of the first rocker arm is connected with the machine body through a rotary driving mechanism, the rotary driving mechanism can drive the first rocker arm to rotate in the horizontal direction, the other end of the first rocker arm is connected with a second rocker arm through a mechanical joint, and the mechanical joint can drive the second rocker arm to rotate in the vertical direction. A power mechanism is arranged on the second rocker arm and comprises a driving part and a paddle part, the driving part is mounted on the second rocker arm, the paddle part comprises an inner ring and an outer ring which are concentrically arranged, a plurality of paddles are connected between the inner ring and the outer ring, and the inner ring is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the driving part. The unmanned aerial vehicle can fly in the air, sail on the water surface and walk on the land, and has the technical advantages of relatively simple structure, convenience in state switching, considerable propelling efficiency and the like.

The application discloses a water, land and air three-dimensional unmanned aerial vehicle which comprises a main body and multiple groups of power arms; the power arms are symmetrically distributed on the side of the main body; the power arm comprises a transverse supporting rod, a central movable rod and a paddle part; one end of the transverse supporting rod is fixed to the main body, and the other end is connected with the end of the central movable rod through a first rotating shaft group; the other end of the central movable rod is fixed with a second rotating part; the paddle part comprises a central supporting frame and an inner propeller part; the central supporting frame comprises a central ring and a supporting umbrella skeleton; the supporting umbrella skeleton is fixed to the central ring and fixed to the output shaft of the second rotating part at the other end; the inner propeller part comprises multiple groups of propeller blades and propeller blade protection umbrella nets and is arranged in the central ring. The application provides a water, land and air three-dimensional unmanned aerial vehicle power system structure which can realize air flight based on a rotor, underwater propeller propulsion and land / sea bottom wheel walking, and has the technical advantages of relatively simple structure, convenient state switching, considerable propulsion efficiency and the like.

This invention relates to a variable-configuration amphibious robot based on a passive variable-form wheel-claw-propeller composite mechanism. The robot includes a fuselage and the composite mechanism. The fuselage comprises a body, a top cover, and two side plates. The top cover is fixed to the body, and the two side plates are rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the top cover via two hinges, which are rotary damping adjustable hinges. The wheel-claw-propeller composite mechanism allows switching between a wheel-claw-propeller state and a wheeled state. The composite mechanism is mounted on the side plates, allowing the robot to rotate and lock relative to the top cover within a set angle range, thereby enabling the robot to switch configurations between flight mode, ground mode, and water mode. This invention can adapt to amphibious environments (water, land, and air) and integrates a lightweight design.

The invention relates to the technical field of recognition equipment, in particular to a water-land-air three-purpose insect pest recognition device and method, and the device comprises a machine body module, a water surface cruising module, a spraying module, a flight module, a ground inspection module, a heightening holder module, and an outdoor solar charging module. The fuselage module is used for inspecting the water-land-air environment and identifying pest distribution in combination with an AI algorithm; the water surface cruising module is used for driving the fuselage module to cruise on the water surface; the flight module is used for aerial inspection of the fuselage module; the spraying module is used for storing an insecticide and spraying the insecticide to an insect pest area; the ground inspection module drives the machine body module to perform amphibious mobile inspection; the heightening holder module is used for heightening and rotating the fuselage module and improving the monitoring range of the fuselage module; the three-purpose insect pest recognition equipment can flexibly match functional modules according to actual requirements, realizes targeted pesticide application, real-time monitoring and multi-environment inspection, is suitable for complex environments such as farmlands, wetlands and orchards, and remarkably improves the insect pest control efficiency and accuracy.

The invention relates to the field of triphibian unmanned vehicles, in particular to a water area monitoring-oriented fixed-wing triphibian unmanned vehicle, which comprises a double-body vehicle body, a wing assembly, a propelling system and a mode conversion system, the double-body fuselage comprises a first sheet body and a second sheet body which are arranged in parallel at an interval along the longitudinal direction, and a central wing body fusion body which is transversely connected with the first sheet body and the second sheet body; the wing assemblies extend outwards from the dual-body fuselage; the propelling system is arranged on the double-body fuselage or the wing assembly; the mode conversion system comprises a water channel and a driving device, wherein the water channel is communicated with the interior of the first sheet body and the interior of the second sheet body. The catamaran body fusion fuselage is not only a hull for providing water surface static buoyancy, but also a fuselage for accommodating task load, or a water ballast tank for adjusting heavy buoyancy, and the structural reuse design eliminates dead weight caused by a single functional assembly, and obviously improves the effective load ratio of the aircraft.

A propulsion apparatus (10) for a vehicle, a propulsion device (100) for a vehicle, and a vehicle (1000). The propulsion apparatus (10) comprises: a drive assembly (1), a tire assembly (2), and a propeller (3). The drive assembly (1) comprises a stator (11), a first rotor and a second rotor, the stator (11) driving at least one of the first rotor or the second rotor to rotate. One of the first rotor and the second rotor is connected to the tire assembly (2), and the other of the first rotor and the second rotor is connected to the propeller (3).

A measurement vehicle includes a geophysical sensor. One or more operational sensors are configured to detect operational data related to operation of the measurement vehicle. A driving system is configured to move the measurement vehicle in a travel direction relative to a measurement point. A controller is configured to receive information from the geophysical sensor and the operational sensors, and to control the driving system based on the information.

The invention discloses a sliding conic self-adaptive adjusting mechanism and adjusting method for a landing leg uplock, which can realize sliding, six-degree-of-freedom adjustment and conic self-adaptive functions, and is suitable for the mounting environment and use requirements of complex locking points of a landing leg of a reusable carrier. The sliding cone direction self-adaptive adjusting mechanism can achieve six-degree-of-freedom installation and adjustment through a sliding block and a double-ball-tile structure, the problem that a landing leg of a reusable carrier is difficult to connect with a rocket body is solved, the sliding cone direction self-adaptive mechanism is simple in structure and high in reliability, the six-degree-of-freedom installation and adjustment function can be achieved, and the service life of the sliding cone direction self-adaptive mechanism is prolonged. The axial sliding function can be achieved, and the radial and transverse bearing functions can be achieved.

The application discloses a power battery fire blocking device, a power battery assembly and a running device, and relates to the technical field of transportation. The power battery fire blocking device comprises a blocking structure and a fire blocking structure. The blocking structure is arranged to face a battery cell assembly, and the blocking structure has a bent flow channel. The fire blocking structure is fixed relative to a shell of a power battery box. The fire blocking structure is provided with a plurality of fire blocking channels. A containing cavity, the flow channel, the fire blocking channel and an external environment of the power battery box are sequentially communicated. In the case of thermal runaway, a high-temperature gas-solid mixture formed by the corresponding power battery assembly passes through the bent flow channel. Since the solid particles of the gas-solid mixture move along a straight line at a high speed, the blocking structure can block the solid particles, thereby reducing the risk of the high-temperature solid particles spreading combustion to the outside. In addition, the fire blocking channels of the fire blocking structure are beneficial to extinguishing gas flames, thereby being respectively beneficial to reducing the risk of fire.