Aircraft architecture for improved thrust efficiency and internal cooling

A technology for aircraft and cooling air, applied in the field of unmanned sensor platform, can solve the problem of increasing the total weight of UAV

Pending Publication Date: 2021-11-02
菲力尔无人机系统无限责任公司
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Various devices may add to the overall weight of the UAV, require protection, and require proper cooling to operate

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[0021] Modern unmanned sensor platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are capable of operating over long distances and in a variety of environments. The present disclosure provides systems and methods related to UAV architectures that contribute to aircraft safety and durability when traversing confined areas of such environments, while also providing UAVs with increased propulsion efficiency. The UAV architecture also allows the UAV to land and take off upside down, and the UAV architecture can be buoyant enough to allow the UAV to float on water. For example, when the UAV is floating on water, rotors disposed within the rotor ducts of the UAV architecture may be positioned substantially above the water to allow takeoff from the relatively dry rotors afloat. In other embodiments, the UAV architecture may have sufficient buoyancy to allow the UAV to float, but the rotors may be partially or fully submerged. In this case, the UAV could be configured to operate the ...

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A fuselage assembly for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided that includes a top fuselage assembly, a bottom fuselage assembly, and a planar support frame disposed therebetween. The top fuselage assembly and the bottom fuselage assembly may form one or more rotor ducts disposed about the one or more UAV propulsion motor seats, respectively, where the rotor ducts are configured to protect rotating rotors disposed therein from physical damage caused by impacts that are dangerous to fly from the environment. The fuselage assembly may also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the electronics of the UAV and disposed within the fuselage assembly such that rotating blades in the rotor duct draw air from outside the inlet aperture of the top fuselage assembly, through the airflow channel of the dissipative surface in which the heat sink is disposed, and into the rotor duct via the airflow outlet.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 019,185, filed May 1, 2020, and entitled "AERIAL VEHICLE ARCHITECTURES FORIMPROVED THRUST EFFICIENCY AND INTERNAL COOLING," which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. enter. technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to unmanned sensor platforms, and more particularly to devices, systems, and methods for improving thrust efficiency and internal cooling of unmanned aerial vehicles. Background technique [0004] Modern unmanned sensor platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), underwater vehicles (ROVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), are capable of operating over long distances and in all environments; rural , urban, and even underwater operations. In particular, UAVs have a wide range of real-world applications, including surveillance,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B64C1/06B64D33/08
CPCB64C1/068B64D33/08B64U10/10B64U30/20B64U50/19B64C39/024B64U10/13B64U2201/104B64U2101/30B64U2201/20B64C27/20B64C27/08B64U50/14
Inventor G·约翰逊D·思琳A·佩格
Owner 菲力尔无人机系统无限责任公司
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