40results about "Man-powered aircrafts" patented technology

A system for use in monitoring, measuring, computing and displaying the volumes of internal liquid and gas within a telescopic aircraft landing gear strut. Pressure sensors and temperature sensors and motion sensors are mounted in relation to each of the landing gear struts to monitor, measure and record the impact movement and rates of internal landing gear strut fluids; experienced by landing gear struts, as the aircraft landing gear initially come into contact with the ground. The computer of this system measures the compression experienced by each landing gear strut and determines if the landing gear strut is improperly serviced with either excess or deficient volumes of hydraulic oil and nitrogen gas. Additional features include automating the inspections required to aircraft landing gear, prior to flight, during flight and during landing events.

A backlight unit for use in a liquid crystal display comprises a light guiding plate comprising a light exiting surface, a light reflective surface, and a light incident surface, a light source unit comprising a substrate and a light source disposed on the substrate, wherein the light source unit is disposed to face the light incident surface of the light guiding plate, and a reflecting sheet comprising a first portion facing the light reflective surface of the light guiding plate, a second portion facing the light exiting surface of the light guiding plate, and a third portion connecting the first and the second portions, wherein the third portion comprises light source exposing parts.

Disclosed is a profile of an end view of a base portion Vertical Take Off And Landing Craft, (VTLC) rotor-blade comprising a widened structure from leading to trailing edges. The profile further comprises straight level planes of air foil that provide the options of transforming the leading edge to the trailing edge. The rotor wing system is housed and duplicated in the craft set within said two wells which are circumnavigated by a corridor from front to aft of the craft. Two rear exits are reinforced by the connection of a triangular structure forming a tail which also affords a comprehensive view of the complete air craft perimeter from the viewpoint of a central top compartment.

The invention discloses a pedaling spacecraft. The pedaling spacecraft comprises a machine body, rising propellers and a storage battery, and is characterized by further comprising a parachute bird wing opening and closing device and a pedaling transmission component, wherein the pedaling transmission component comprises a pedal, a chain plate and a chain plate shaft; the pedal of the pedaling transmission component is pedaled to rotate so as to allow the two rising propellers to fly; a crank handle is rocked to open and close a parachute like a bird wing, so that the bird-wing-type parachute flaps up and down to fly in a boosting way; the crank handle is rocked to rotate a driven wheel so as to drive a driven gear arranged on a wing opening and closing transmission rod to rotate; a chain wheel with a bevel gear is driven to rotate by another chain; the chain wheel with the bevel gear rotates to drive a bevel gear of a booster to rotate; the bevel gear of the booster rotates to drive a rotating shaft of the booster to rotate; the rotating shaft of the booster rotates to drive a boosting propeller to rotate; and the boosting propeller rotates to drive the spacecraft to fly forward. Both hands and both feet of a person are used for operating and pedaling the spacecraft for takeoff, so that the spacecraft can freely fly in the sky like a bird.

The present invention discloses an automatic operation mechanism of a parawing aerial vehicle, which comprises a parawing, a parawing rope, a hanging parachute rope, an airframe and an engine. The airframe is provided with an airborne control system, a parawing operation connection mechanism and an engine throttle operation mechanism. The output instruction of the aviation control system of the airborne control system is used as the control signal of the parawing operation connection mechanism and the engine throttle operation mechanism. The combined control towards the parawing and the throttle of the present invention realizes the unmanned automatic control towards the aviation operations of flying-off or landing, flat flying or hovering etc., of the parawing aerial vehicle, which not only improves the security of operating personnel greatly, but also the present invention can aviate automatically along a certain flight course by a programme manner to ensure that the parawing aerial vehicle has exact aviation operation, long aviation time and long flight course, which can undertake the aviation task with high risk, exact and long distance and long flying time and also fit for undertaking the aviation of the operation with ultra low altitude and ultra visual range.

The invention relates to a man-powered aircraft, belonging to the field of aviation. The man-powered aircraft is a novel man-powered aircraft which is safe and energy-saving, has no pollution, small size and low cost, can stop and fly in the sky for a long time and can take off or land vertically. The man-powered aircraft consists of a structural air bag and a lifting air bag filled with hydrogen or helium, wherein the structural air bag forms the appearance of the aircraft, and the lifting air bag controls lifting of the aircraft. The aircraft flies in the following three ways: flying with airflow in air, driving a propeller by a manpower pedal power device to move and driving an air extractor by the manpower pedal power device to extract helium in the lifting air bag into a gas bomb so as to enable the aircraft to decline, move the control cabin forward by a gravity moving device to move the gravity forward, wherein the aircraft dives forward to slide, and moves the gravity backward in low altitude; the aircraft flies upward, stores the helium in the gas bomb to the lifting air bag, and faces upward to glide in a wave mode.

The invention relates to a wing skeleton and manual transmission device of bird-imitating manual flapping-wing flight, and belongs to the field of manual bionic flapping-wing aircrafts. According to the device, a wing skeleton, a hand and foot transmission device and a rectangular back frame are combined together; and an inner wing skeleton and an outer wing skeleton of a wing are composed of two groups of special torsion springs. A group of spring handles serving as a manual device are fixedly connected to an inner arm of the torsion spring of an inner wing; both hands are sleeved on the handles and make left-and-right motions to flap the wings; the torsion spring of an outer wing is sleeved on a vertical bar at the tail end of an outer arm of the torsion spring of the inner wing; and the inner arm of the torsion spring of the outer wing is fixed on a transverse bar of the outer arm of the inner wing through the vertical bar. When the outer wing uplifts, the outer wing naturally hangs down to form a certain angle due to a specially set elasticity coefficient of the torsion spring, thereby reducing the resistance of the wing uplift. Meanwhile, a digging rope passing through a pulley sleeved on the spring handle, the knees and the feet in turn is arranged so as to enhance flapping force of the wing by pedaling the digging rope with feet. The reliable and efficient wing skeleton and manual transmission device are provided for bird-imitating manual flapping-wing flight.

The invention relates to a manpower airplane. The manpower airplane comprises a soft wing, soft wing brackets, wing connecting wires, a hard wing, large fan impellers, a seat, body frames, chains, driving wheels, driven wheels, wheels, pedal plates, a crankshaft, a horizontal direction groove-shaped control wheel, a horizontal direction groove-shaped control wheel handle, a left-and-right direction groove-shaped control wheel handle, a left-and-right direction groove-shaped control wheel, a horizontal tail wing, a vertical tail wing, an up-and-down steering impeller, a left-and-right steering impeller, a chain rope, another chain rope, a supporting seat rod, a transmission worm rod, a transmission worm gear, a shoulder rack and a tail connecting rod. The manpower airplane is simple in structure, few in parts, easy to assemble, convenient to maintain, easy to operate, safe, convenient and wide in visual field. With the application of the cloth umbrella-shaped soft wing, the lifting power is increased, the weight of the wings is reduced, and the weight of the manpower airplane is lighter. Since shoulder belt straps and the shoulder rack are arranged, the foot pedal force is increased, and the foot pedal force is enabled to be increased to more than twice of the weight of people.

Aspects relate to methods and systems for optimizing battery recharge management for use with an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. An exemplary system includes an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft comprising at least battery mechanically coupled to the eVTOL aircraft and configured to power at least an aircraft component of the eVTOL aircraft, wherein the at least a battery comprises a plurality of battery cells, and at least a sensor, configured to measure battery data associated with the at least a battery, and a server remote from the eVTOL and in communication with the at least a sensor, wherein the server is configured to receive the battery data from the at least a sensor, receive mission data associated with a planned flight mission of the eVTOL aircraft, and generate a recharge time as a function of the battery data and the mission data.

The invention relates to a flight system having at least two actuated flapping wings (2), an actuated tail unit (9), a control device and an exoskeleton (1) for at least one person. The exoskeleton (1) is movable independently of the flapping wings (2). The control device is configured to receive motion sensor signals from the exoskeleton (1) and to use the motion sensor signals to define specified movement signals and to control the flapping wings (2) and/or the tail unit (9) by way of the specified movement signals. The specified movement signals can be defined such that the movements of theflapping wings (2) and/or of the tail unit (9) follow those of the exoskeleton (1).

A man-driven lift umbrella belongs to field of aviation sports man-driven flying vehicle technology. Man-driven lift umbrella forms from canopy (1), umbrella frame (3) which is connected with canopy (1) and its root movable is connected with top of the umbrella axial (3), umbrella rope (12) which is connected with umbrella frame (2) in one end and is connected with pedal (8) in the other end, the umbrella axial (3) which is movable connected with each umbrella frame (2) is equipped in the axle sleeve (4) which is equipped in the up part of the umbrella axial (3), a force piece (5) which is connected with umbrella frame (2) and the axle sleeve (4), a triangle operation frame (11) which is placed on the down part of the umbrella axial(3) and a handle (10), a pedal (8), a guiding axle (9) which is connected with pedal (8), a awl type mechanical spring (7) which is equipped on the pedal (8), a line for opening umbrella (6) which is connected with axle sleeve (4) in one end and is control by the operator in the other end. The invention possesses advantages of needing not mechanical power and special field, light weight, Foldable, easy to use and carry, motion lastable, well security.

The present invention discloses a human body flapping wing flying combination apparatus, which comprises a safety belt, a blastoff balloon, a cable and a weight balancing sand bag net, and further comprises a fixation vest, wherein the upper end of the fixation vest is provided with a brace, the lower end of the fixation vest is provided with a straddling belt for sleeving a leg, the lower end of the blastoff balloon is provided with the cable, the cable is respectively connected with a suspension ring on the upper end of the fixation vest, a suspension ring on the straddling belt, and a suspension ring on a leg belt, the cable is further tied with the weight balancing sand bag net, the upper end on the rear portion of the fixation vest is provided with a pair of supports having corresponding positions, the support is provided with a ball hinge, the other end of the ball hinge and wings form threaded connections, the threaded connection position is provided with a locking nut, and the lower end surfaces of both wings are respectively provided with a U-shaped movable handle. The human body flapping wing flying combination apparatus has characteristics of simple structure and easy operation. According to the present invention, no transmission apparatus exists, mechanical resistance is minimized, and the wings are flexible and free, such that people can arbitrarily adjust a flight attitude.

Controlling a movement of an aircraft. A computer system detects a position of a group of integrated control levers for the aircraft. The computer system controls a forward thrust, a drag, and a reverse thrust generated by the aircraft based on the position of the group of integrated control levers.

The invention discloses a multifunctional paragliding air vehicle. The multifunctional paragliding air vehicle comprises a brushless hollow shaft motor, an upper rotor wing mechanism, a lower rotor wing mechanism, a reversing mechanism, a steering wheel, forward rotating rotor wing blades, reverse rotating rotor wing blades, a swashplate, a control handle and a power bagpack; wings can be folded,the wings are tightly attached to a fuselage after being folded back, and like a traditional umbrella, the structure is compact; the hollow shaft motor directly drives a lower rotor wing to rotate, anupper rotor wing and the lower rotor wing are coaxial through a hollow shaft of the motor, reversing is achieved through the gear reversing mechanism, the upper rotor wing and the lower rotor wing rotate mutually and reversely, and torque is overcome; a steering mechanism is operated, the steering wheel is attached to rotating parts of the rotor wing mechanisms, and steering of the fuselage is achieved by depending on counter-twisting force; the swashplate is operated, a head power system of the air vehicle is tilted, the rotor wings are tilted to realize flying forwards and backwards, and the direction of the air vehicle is controlled; and through the modular design, different functional modules are combined, and multi-model and multi-function of the air vehicle are achieved.

A manual paraglider comprises a paraglider body, a deformable paraglider body, a driving assembly, a transmission assembly and a power assembly; the paraglider body is connected with the top of the deformable paraglider body, the deformable paraglider body is formed by connecting a support 3 on the upper portion and a support 4 on the lower portion through a shaft, and the driving assembly is arranged on the support 4 through a gear crank structure; the transmission assembly is arranged on the support 3 and the support 4 through a multi-stage chain gear transmission structure and connected with the driving assembly and the power assembly, and the power assembly is of a propeller structure and arranged behind the upper portion of the support 3. The multi-stage chain gear transmission mechanism is simple in structure, few in part, low in cost and easy to manufacture and produce in batches; the size is small, the weight is light, and manual pedaling is converted into flight power throughthe chain transmission device; the distance between a large chain gear and a small chain gear connected with each stage of chain is finely adjusted by adopting a sleeve mode, so the moderate tightnessof the chain is ensured, and the transmission stability of the chain is improved by adopting a multi-stage chain gear set for transmission; a multi-stage chain gear set acceleration transmission modeis adopted, so that the rotating speed of the propeller is increased, and the thrust is increased.

The invention relates to the technical field of aircrafts, in particular to an aircraft manually driven by three layers of rotors. The aircraft comprises a supporting frame, a shoulder fork structureis fixed to the supporting frame, a bearing main beam is fixed to the shoulder fork structure, a flying device is arranged on the bearing main beam, and a first pedal driving structure and a second pedal driving structure are arranged on the two sides of the shoulder fork structure respectively. The flying device comprises a first flight unit, a second flight unit and a third flight unit, the first flight unit comprises a sleeve, a second rotating bearing and second rotors symmetrically fixed to the two sides of the second rotating bearing, the second rotating bearing is fixed to the sleeve, the sleeve is fixed to a bearing main beam, and the second flight unit is arranged above the first flight unit; the second flight unit comprises a first transmission rod, a first rotating bearing and first rotors symmetrically fixed to the two sides of the first rotating bearing, the first rotating bearing is fixed to the upper end of a first transmission rod, the lower end of the first transmission rod penetrates through the sleeve and is connected with a first pedal driving structure, and the first pedal driving structure drives the first transmission rod to vertically move up and down in thesleeve.

The invention relates to the technical field of aircrafts, in particular to a man-electric hybrid double-layer rotorcraft. The rotorcraft comprises a cabin, and a man-electric hybrid power device is arranged in the cabin; the man-electric hybrid power device comprises a man-powered driving unit, an electric driving unit, a crank wheel and a connecting rod, wherein the connecting rod is fixed to the crank wheel; the manpower driving unit and the electric driving unit are connected to the crank wheel through transmission structures, a flying device is arranged at the top of the cabin and comprises a first flying unit and a second flying unit, and the first flying unit comprises a sleeve, a second rotating bearing and lower-layer rotors symmetrically fixed to the two sides of the second rotating bearing; the second rotating bearing is fixed on the sleeve, and the sleeve is fixed in the cabin; the second flight unit comprises a transmission rod, a first rotating bearing and upper-layer rotor wings symmetrically fixed to the two sides of the first rotating bearing, the first rotating bearing is fixed to one end of the transmission rod, and the other end of the transmission rod penetrates through the sleeve and is hinged to a connecting rod of the man-electric hybrid power device; and the transmission rod is connected with the sleeve through a linear bearing.

The invention belongs to a manpower pedal type ornithopter. The main body structure of the ornithopter is composed of a double-wing delta wing device flapping back and forth, a triangular undercarriage device, a pedal driving device, an operating rod device and a gear box device, each wing has a support, a small feather fan, a shaft and a spring on the shaft, the formed large feather fan flaps back and forth, when the large feather fan flaps backwards, forward thrust is generated by inner arcs of feathers, and lift force is generated by delta wings. According to the ornithopter, pedal plates are trod with two feet of a person alternately, the force is transmitted to the two wings through steel wire ropes installed on a rack, the operating rod is pushed forwards or pulled backwards in cooperation with the two hands, and meanwhile, the direction lever is rotated to adjust the direction and balance of the ornithopter, and actions such as takeoff and flying landing are completed. The ornithopter is simple in structure, safe, practical, attractive in appearance, light in weight and easy to operate, and has the characteristics of taking off and landing anytime and anywhere and small sound during flight.

The invention discloses a manpower prop-typed paraglider; a rope on the lower part of the paraglider is connected with a seat; the lower part of the seat is fixedly connected with a manpower push device; one end of the transmission shaft of the manpower push device is provided with a prop; the other end of the transmission shaft is sleeved with a first umbrella-shaped gear; the transmission shaft between the prop and the first umbrella-shaped gear is sleeved with a transmission shaft sleeve; the first umbrella-shaped gear is engaged with a second umbrella-shaped gear; one end of the central shaft of the second umbrella-shaped gear is arranged on the transmission shaft sleeve by a bearing and the other end is sleeved with a chain gear; the transmission shaft sleeve close to the second umbrella-shaped gear is fixedly connected with a bracket; the upper end of the bracket is connected with a manual gear by a shaft which is connected with a hand rocker by a crank; the lower end of the bracket is connected with a pedal gear by a small shaft which is connected with a pedal rocker by the crank; a chain is sleeved between the manual gear and the pedal gear; the chain is engaged with the chain. The invention has the advantages of small volume, light weight, low cost, being quiet, no pollution and being more environment friendly.

The invention discloses a manpower bird-imitating aircraft, and belongs to the technical field of bionic aircrafts. The aircraft comprises flapping wings, a hang glider, a rack, a left support, a right support, a synchronizing mechanism, a pedal driving mechanism and an undercarriage, the flapping wings are located on the two sides of the rack and can generate vertical flapping and pitching rotation relative to the rack, the hang glider is located above the rack and hinged to the rack through the left support and the right support, the middle of the hang glider is hinged to the rack, and the tail of the hang glider is hinged to the left support and the right support through connecting rods, the flapping wings on the two sides of the rack are driven by the pedal driving mechanism and the synchronizing mechanism to synchronously flap up and down to generate lifting force and advancing thrust, and the left support and the right support are manually operated to change the pitch angles of the flapping wings and the hang glider to achieve maneuverability control over flight. The manual bird-imitating aircraft provided by the invention can give play to the characteristics of large leg strength and flexible arms of people, is high in flight reliability, and has a very good application prospect in the aspects of high-rise escape, recreational activities, physical exercises and the like.