1064results about "Freight handling" patented technology

A UAV for transporting a payload comprising a vehicle body; a retractable rail exposed on an underside of the vehicle body; a retraction mechanism coupling the rail to the vehicle body for causing the rail to raise and lower relative to the vehicle body; and a barrier located on the vehicle body so as to confront the rail when the rail is in its raised position to block the removal from the rail of a payload slidably engaged with the rail. A mechanism for advancing a payload onto and along the rail and pushing it off.

The invention provides an unmanned connection system and an unmanned connection method, and relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicles. The unmanned connection system comprises a container, an aircraft and an unmanned vehicle, the container is used for loading goods; the aircraft comprises a flying body, and the bottom end of the flying body can be detachably connected with the top end of the container; the top end of the unmanned vehicle can be detachably connected with the bottom end of the container. The aircraft and the unmanned vehicle are separately connected with the top end and the bottom end of the container, and an automatic connection link with cooperation between the air and the ground is constructed. Moreover, visible light emitting devices are arranged on the two sides of one of the unmanned vehicle and the flying body in the width direction, cameras are arranged on the two sides of the other one, visible light is used as a positioning reference, the cameras can accurately capture and analyze visible light information, and therefore real-time and dynamic position guidance is provided for the unmanned vehicle to drive into the containing space. And the docking precision and reliability of the unmanned vehicle and the aircraft are improved.

A modular vertical take-off and landing aircraft for transporting persons and / or loads, comprising a flight module with multiple drive units arranged on a supporting framework structure, each drive unit having an electric motor and a propeller operatively connected to the electric motor, a transport module having a conveying pod and a connection device for connecting the conveying pod to the flight module. The connection device has an elongated shaft, one end of which is attached to the conveying pod, and a coupling device for connecting the flight module to another end of the elongate shaft of the transport module.

The invention discloses a fuselage-free unmanned aerial vehicle, an aviation container and a modular transportation system and method, and aims to solve the problems of high transportation cost of traditional aviation goods and low transportation efficiency of land goods. The aircraft is not provided with a warehouse and adopts a flying wing type layout or a conventional layout, wings in the flying wing type layout or the conventional layout are used for generating lift force and enter a straight wing flight mode after taking off, and the wings are provided with power systems, flight control systems and mounting structures used for being detachably connected with the streamline aerodynamic configuration aviation containers. Through the dynamic combination mode of the aircraft and the containers, the single aircraft can achieve the operation cycle of circularly transporting at least three containers. Through continuous container reloading operation, the aircraft can keep a continuous flight state without waiting for a loading and unloading process. And meanwhile, the container can be quickly circulated among different aircrafts through the modular design. According to the transportation mode, optimal configuration of transportation resources is achieved through efficient cooperation of the aircraft and the container.

A payload including a housing provided with one or more toothed guides or with one or more docking mechanisms, each of which is configured to detachably toothedly interact with an unmanned aircraft apparatus being docked so as to enable the movement of said docked unmanned aircraft apparatus with respect to the housing of the payload, wherein the housing of the payload is further configured to detachably toothedly interact with yet another (other) unmanned aircraft apparatus so as to enable the action of said yet another unmanned aircraft apparatus onto said docked unmanned aircraft apparatus for withdrawal of the latter from interaction with the housing of the payload. Furthermore, embodiments of an air transport system include two or more unmanned aircraft apparatuses and one of the payload.

A fastening device for releasable connection to a perforated rail of an aircraft and a method of assembly for such a fastening device. The fastening device comprises a housing having at least one locking head portion fixedly connected to the housing, at least one shear pin and an actuating pin. The locking head portion is insertable into a rail hole of the perforated rail and slidable along the longitudinal direction of the perforated rail to a locking position in which the locking head portion engages a slot portion of the perforated rail. The shear pin can be engaged with a rail hole of the perforated rail by axial displacement. The actuating pin is rotatably arranged relative to the housing and connected to the shear pin in such a way that a rotation of the actuating pin causes an axial displacement of the shear pin relative to the housing.

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, and discloses an airborne rear delivery cabin for unmanned aerial vehicle rescue, which comprises a rear delivery cabin body, and is characterized by further comprising an inner hanging frame fixedly sleeved outside the rear delivery cabin body; the outer hanging frame is movably connected with the inner hanging frame through a plurality of universal connecting pieces, and the outer hanging frame is provided with fixing lugs used for being connected with an unmanned aerial vehicle; the universal connecting piece is provided with a balance weight cantilever and a balance weight piece, and a first-level posture stabilizing system enabling the rear delivery cabin body to be kept horizontal in the flying process is formed. Through a first-stage stabilizing system composed of the universal connecting piece and the balance weight, pitching and rolling motion of the unmanned aerial vehicle is effectively decoupled, no matter how the unmanned aerial vehicle tilts, the rear delivery cabin body can passively maintain an approximately horizontal state under the action of the inertia principle, angular motion transmitted to the wounded is greatly reduced, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is more stable. The comfort level is improved; and the risk of secondary injury is reduced.

The invention discloses a logistics unmanned aerial vehicle loading device, and relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle logistics, the logistics unmanned aerial vehicle loading device comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle main body, the bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle main body is provided with an undercarriage, the undercarriage is provided with symmetrical vertical extension parts, the surface of the undercarriage is symmetrically, vertically and slidably provided with base plates, and the inner sides of the base plates are provided with clamping parts; a telescopic air bag is connected between the clamping component and the base plate, the telescopic air bag is connected with an air pump, the air pump supplies air to the telescopic air bag, the telescopic air bag expands to push the clamping component to draw close to clamp goods, and a first telescopic air rod is arranged on the surface of the undercarriage and connected with the base plate. The telescopic air bag continuously extrudes the push plate to get close to the clamping plate to open the air valve assembly, air enters the first telescopic air rod and the second telescopic air rod, the first telescopic air rod drives the base plate to move upwards to lift goods, the second telescopic air rod pushes the clamping plate to turn over to hook and pull the bottom of the goods, and automatic clamping, bottoming and loading of the goods are achieved.

The invention is a flying object equipped with a loading part holding a delivery payload, and the loading part or the delivery payload is attached to an airframe so that the loading part or the delivery payload is tilted backward in the forward and backward direction in a landing state or hovering state. The loading part or delivery payload is attached to the airframe so that the loading part or delivery payload is substantially horizontal during cruising.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of using a strap for supporting and transporting a package via an aerial vehicle.

The invention relates to a vehicle-mounted unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing platform in a grassland scene, the vehicle-mounted unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing platform is composed of an intelligent box body and an integrated connection platform, the intelligent box body integrates various sensors, monitors environment information inside and outside the box, provides conditional decisions for take-off and landing and charging operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle as a basis, and is provided with a high-speed data interface and a single-drive opening and closing mechanism; flight data of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be downloaded quickly, and energy loss of opening and closing actions is reduced; an integrated connection platform is nested in the box body, meanwhile, reset charging and autonomous feeding functions are integrated, and the endurance and material supply capacity of the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved; the platform can be carried on the upper portion of a movable chassis, near-low-altitude remote sensing image collection of the unmanned aerial vehicle is carried out on the rugged grassland terrain, and good scientific basis and technical support are provided for producers to monitor grassland degradation conditions and carry out ecological protection operation such as grass seed reseeding. And powerful technical support is provided for sustainable development of the grassland and promotion of intellectualization of related industries.

A transport vehicle that transports packages includes: a first arm; a second arm; a first wheel connected to the first arm; a second wheel connected to the second arm; at least one actuator; and a controller (control processor). When the transport vehicle is slidably hung from the first rail via the first wheel and the second wheel, the controller controls the at least one actuator (arm actuator, roller actuation motor) to disengage the first wheel from the first rail and place the first wheel on the second rail, and disengage the second wheel from the first rail and place the second wheel on the second rail.

The utility model discloses a foldable rescue hanging basket frame which comprises an upper frame, a front supporting frame and a rear supporting frame. The upper frame is characterized in that a front frame body and a rear frame body are hinged through pipe joints, a locking mechanism is further arranged on the upper frame, and the front supporting frame is hinged to the front frame body of the upper frame through a first hinge shaft. A front locking mechanism capable of keeping the front support frame upright relative to the front frame body of the upper frame is arranged between the front support frame and the front frame body of the upper frame; the rear supporting frame is hinged to the rear frame body of the upper frame through a second hinge shaft, and a rear locking mechanism capable of enabling the rear supporting frame to be kept upright relative to the rear frame body of the upper frame is arranged between the rear supporting frame and the rear frame body of the upper frame. The folding chair has the advantage of being capable of being folded and stored.

A cargo restraint that accommodates restraining ULDs having a distorted or elevated retention base is disclosed (e.g., a retention base that is spaced above a conveyor plane, for instance coinciding with a cargo deck). An outer pawl includes at least one pivot that is maintained in a fixed location on the outer pawl, and that is movable along a slot to change the elevation of the pivot (and the elevation of a restraining head of the outer pawl when in an erected position). Movement of the pivot along the slot first allows the restraining head of the outer pawl to be positioned above a retention base of a ULD, including when the retention base is at an elevated position. Further movement of the pivot along the slot allows the restraining head of the outer pawl to engage and move the retention base of the ULD toward / to the conveyor plane.

The utility model provides an unmanned aerial vehicle hoisting device, which relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle transportation, and comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle main body, the bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle main body is fixedly connected with a frame, two clamping plates are arranged in the frame, the bottoms of the two clamping plates are respectively provided with grabbing plates and adjusting assemblies which are symmetrically arranged, and the adjusting assemblies are respectively arranged on the two clamping plates. The height position of the grabbing plate is adjusted. According to the device, the size of the goods loading shelf can be adjusted according to the actual size of goods through the adjusting assembly, so that the goods of different sizes can be loaded and fixed, the practical performance of the device is improved, manual secondary fixing is not needed, the stability is high, and the safety risk of high-altitude object throwing is avoided; buffering can be provided during landing through the buffering assembly, the situation that the unmanned aerial vehicle body is damaged due to the fact that large impact is generated during landing due to the influence of the self weight is avoided, and the situation that goods are damaged and extra damage is caused due to the fact that ground protrusions collide with the goods is avoided.

The invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle emergency launching device and method, and particularly relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle launching, the unmanned aerial vehicle emergency launching device comprises a convex emergency box, a suspension part is fixedly arranged in the center of the top of the convex emergency box, and a central control unit is installed on the outer wall of the front side of the convex emergency box; a combined cavity is arranged in the box body; according to the unmanned aerial vehicle emergency throwing device, the unmanned aerial vehicle does not need to descend to the low altitude or fall to the ground, the Y-axis moving assembly can increase the descending stroke of emergency articles through a telescopic limiting piece, accurate unwinding of a rope is matched, and under the condition that the unmanned aerial vehicle is kept at the safe hovering height, the unmanned aerial vehicle can be thrown into the ground, so that the safety of the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved. The emergency articles are stably put to the ground along the putting channel, tedious operation of taking-off and landing and low-altitude hovering of the unmanned aerial vehicle is omitted, the emergency putting efficiency is greatly improved, and meanwhile damage to the high-altitude thrown materials is avoided.

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, and discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle hoisting system and device.The unmanned aerial vehicle hoisting system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle and a hoisting device, the hoisting device is provided with a rope assembly, a fusing unit, an unhooking mechanism, a weighing module, a swing detection module, an environment sensing module and a control circuit board; a coupling dynamic model is constructed based on the data, a control instruction is generated to cooperatively control the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the hoisting device, predictive anti-swing control is performed by using wind speed sensor data, cable path obstacle avoidance is performed through a miniature laser radar or a depth camera, and a fusing unit is triggered to perform emergency processing according to judgment. And a distributed force sensor array is used for sensing the gravity center of the load so as to maintain flight balance, precise unloading is achieved through a high-precision millimeter wave radar or a flight time laser distance measuring sensor, and the insulation state of the hoisting cable is monitored in real time.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle cargo handling load device, and relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle load equipment, the unmanned aerial vehicle cargo handling load device comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle, a connecting frame is arranged under the unmanned aerial vehicle, a tripod is arranged under the connecting frame, and the connecting frame is used for mounting a sling; the lower end of the sling penetrates through the tripod and is connected to the lifting hook; the tripod is divided into a front bracket and a rear bracket by a fixing frame; the front support is connected with the fixing frame through a front elastic plate structure. The rear support comprises a left support body and a right support body, the left support body is connected with the fixing frame through a left elastic plate structure, and the right support body is connected with the fixing frame through a right elastic plate structure. The front elastic plate structure, the left support and the right support are connected with the different slings through the first connecting cable, the second connecting cable and the third connecting cable correspondingly. The swing of a loaded heavy object can be converted into deformation of the elastic plate in the vertical direction, and finally the effect of overcoming the deformation through the dead weight of the heavy object can be achieved.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive control method and system for a two-stage swing type rotor aircraft hoisting system, and the method comprises the steps: building a two-stage swing type rotor aircraft hoisting system dynamics model, taking the rotor aircraft hoisting system to simultaneously drive four rotors to reach an expected position and inhibit the swing of a lifting hook and a load as a control target, and carrying out the control of an outer ring, generalized lifting hook and load position signals are introduced, an energy storage function is constructed, and the energy storage function is dissipated through the generalized lifting hook and load position signals; the outer loop tracking error is converted into a generalized load position error, and a shaped total storage function is obtained; and designing an adaptive law to estimate the load mass online, obtaining a reconstruction energy function of outer ring control, further obtaining an outer ring controller, and realizing control of system displacement and a load swing angle. By adopting a generalized displacement method of the lifting hook and the load and reconstructing an energy storage function, the dynamic coupling characteristic among the four rotors, the lifting hook and the load is remarkably enhanced, and therefore the transient response characteristic of the system is effectively improved.

A system includes a processor that controls an operable flying device, controls an operable imaging means, performs real-time analysis of generated data using artificial intelligence processing means, calculates an optimal rescue route based on the analysis results, controls means for loading and transporting supplies with the flying device, controls means for deploying equipment in regions where communication is disrupted and collecting local condition data, analyzes the collected data to generate emergency response information, and communicates the emergency response information to external rescue organizations.

The invention discloses an anti-shaking device and method for hoisting an unmanned aerial vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle hoisting operation. The device comprises a mounting plate and a fixing shell fixed to the bottom of the mounting plate, and a mounting shell is arranged on the mounting plate. The innovative point is that a passive stabilizing system composed of a wind guide mechanism, a wind power conversion mechanism and a gyro mechanism and an active adjusting system composed of an adjusting mechanism and a reverse thrust stabilizing system are integrated. The air guide mechanism guides airflow to drive a rotating column of the wind power conversion mechanism to rotate, a gyro disc is driven to rotate at a high speed through multi-stage gear transmission acceleration, and the posture of goods is passively stabilized through the generated gyroscopic effect. Meanwhile, the adjusting mechanism adapts to posture changes of the unmanned aerial vehicle by adjusting the length of a hoisting steel cable, and the reverse thrust stabilizing system actively counteracts wind disturbance through vector air injection. The invention further provides a corresponding anti-shaking method. According to the scheme, swinging of hoisted goods in the high altitude can be restrained, the posture stability and the wind resistance are improved, and the automatic unloading function is achieved.

An aircraft stair system is provided with flexible bumpers configured to prevent abrupt impact of the first structure against the second. Each of the bumpers has a flexible body, a base portion, and a lever arm extending out over the base to create a gap and an open end.

A payload including a housing provided with one or more toothed guides or with one or more docking mechanisms, each of which is configured to detachably toothedly interact with an unmanned aircraft apparatus being docked so as to enable the movement of said docked unmanned aircraft apparatus with respect to the housing of the payload, wherein the housing of the payload is further configured to detachably toothedly interact with yet another (other) unmanned aircraft apparatus so as to enable the action of said yet another unmanned aircraft apparatus onto said docked unmanned aircraft apparatus for withdrawal of the latter from interaction with the housing of the payload. Furthermore, embodiments of an air transport system include two or more unmanned aircraft apparatuses and one of the payload.

The invention relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular to a logistics conveying unmanned aerial vehicle which comprises a body, a putting unit is arranged below the body, and the putting unit comprises a loading box with a downward opening and a putting box with an upward opening; a lifting assembly of the throwing box is arranged in the loading box, the lifting assembly is used for lowering the throwing box to the ground from the interior of the loading box, the lifting assembly comprises first winding wheels rotationally connected to the two sides of the top in the loading box, a steel wire rope is wound around each first winding wheel, and the end of each steel wire rope is fixedly connected to an upper end opening of the throwing box; according to the logistics conveying unmanned aerial vehicle, in terms of safety, when the unmanned aerial vehicle arrives at a delivery position every time, only articles of a pickup person are delivered, other articles are temporarily stored on the body, and the safety of the articles is guaranteed; in the aspect of efficiency, a plurality of articles to be thrown can be temporarily stored on the body, the body flies outside at a time, one-by-one throwing of the articles can be achieved, the efficiency is high, and meanwhile the time requirement for the articles of a pick-up person can be met.

A system and method for transporting a cargo container in a cabin of an aircraft are provided. The system comprises a guide rail spanning a length of a seat track and being releasably coupled to the seat track at one or more locations on a bottom surface of the guide rail. A plurality of rollers are coupled to the guide rail where the rollers positioned to engage a surface of the cargo container. The system also comprises a lateral rail comprising a rail member configured to abut a side surface of the cargo container and prevent lateral movement of the cargo container in the cabin. The rail member is slidably mounted on a base to move the rail member laterally within the cabin. When the cargo container deviates from a path defined by the guide rail, the rail member abuts one of the side surfaces of the cargo container.

A reusable skid board may be used to tie down and secure air-drop loads. A reusable skid board may include a rigid polymeric body defining: a flat upper surface; one or more apertures at each side of the rigid polymeric body such that one or more cords are couplable to the one or more of aperture; and a bottom surface coupled to the top surface and defining an internal volume, wherein the rigid polymeric body includes rounded corners and edges and has sufficient buoyancy such that the rigid polymeric body can float without load in seawater.

The application relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle conveying equipment, in particular to an aerial load conveying device based on an unmanned aerial vehicle, which comprises a device shell, a main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle is detachably arranged above the device shell, a suction disc is arranged on one side of the device shell, the suction disc is connected with the device shell through an adjusting mechanism, a bottom plate is arranged below the device shell, a supporting plate is slidably arranged above the bottom plate, the supporting plate is connected with the bottom plate through a moving structure, baffle plates are rotatably arranged on the two sides of the supporting plate, connecting ropes are fixedly arranged above the baffle plates, and a rotatable winding drum is arranged in a cavity. The aerial load conveying device based on the unmanned aerial vehicle can be used for taking goods in the air, the baffle plates are arranged on the window sill edges, the goods are moved above the baffle plates, and when a user takes the goods on the baffle plates, the bottom plate is not gravity unbalanced, so that the stability of the device can be guaranteed.

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, and discloses an aviation aircraft which comprises a flight body locking mechanism, a safety rope guide mechanism is installed in the flight body locking mechanism, hoisting mechanisms are installed at the bottoms of four rope winding mechanisms, and each hoisting mechanism comprises a standard material loading and transporting module and a special personnel conveying module. The aviation aircraft can have the efficient material transportation capacity under complex terrain conditions such as weed cluster or marsh wetland, the rope winding mechanism accurately drives the suspension rope to be wound and unwound, it is ensured that the standard material loading and transporting module can be stably lowered to the ground or safely lifted and stored, interference-free rapid loading and unloading operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle body is achieved, and meanwhile the unmanned aerial vehicle is convenient to use. Under the emergency condition, the standard material loading and transporting module at the bottom of the rope winding mechanism can be rapidly disassembled and replaced with the special personnel transporting module, so that personnel emergency hoisting and transporting are achieved under special scenes such as emergency rescue, and the operation flexibility and the emergency response capacity under the complex environment are effectively improved.