Cluster type micro-aircraft-oriented honeycomb type throwing device

Abstract

The invention provides a honeycomb type throwing device for cluster type micro aircrafts, which comprises a honeycomb type micro aircraft throwing box, and the throwing box comprises a plurality of circular tube-shaped cavities used for accommodating a plurality of micro aircrafts; the door can be controlled to be opened, and seals the plurality of circular tube-shaped cavities; and the wireless remote control switch module is used for controlling the opening of the door.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to a cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles, and the delivery device may be a cellular delivery device for clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles. Background Art

[0002] Passive micro-aerial vehicles have broad application prospects in many fields such as environmental monitoring, terrain exploration, space display, seed sowing, etc. due to their advantages such as small size, low noise, low cost, strong concealment, and the ability to carry specific functional circuit modules.

[0003] The design of the passive micro-aircraft launch box is one of the key factors affecting its flight performance. When designing a box for batch launch of passive micro-aircraft, the following requirements need to be met: (1) Ensure that the initial posture of each micro-aircraft is consistent; (2) Each micro-aircraft can be released at approximately the same time; (3) After the micro-aircraft is released, each micro-aircraft can land smoothly; (4) The impact of the drone wind field on the flight of the passive micro-aircraft should be as small as possible.

[0004] The existing delivery technology is mainly aimed at the delivery of conventional objects. The delivery box has a single configuration and few functions. It is difficult to simultaneously meet the requirements of fixing the initial posture of clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles, nearly simultaneous controllable release, and avoiding the influence of drone wind fields.

[0005] Although there are designs for drone delivery boxes, most of them are integrated drone delivery box designs, and there is a lack of designs for clustered passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery boxes.

[0006] Existing high-altitude delivery is mainly focused on drone delivery boxes, which are often very simple, large in size, and have a single function. Although existing delivery boxes have multi-cavity drone delivery and recovery devices, they are often complex in configuration and due to the requirements of passive micro-aircraft on the initial configuration, delivery box surface friction, and passive micro-aircraft release speed, this type of delivery box is not suitable for very light cluster passive micro-aircraft.

[0007] In summary, there is still a lack of designs for cluster passive micro-aerial vehicle launch boxes on the market.

[0008] Therefore, it is urgent to develop a box design and preparation method specifically for the batch deployment of clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles, which will have important practical value for the development and application of passive micro-aerial vehicles. Summary of the invention

[0009] This application is made in view of the above-mentioned state of the prior art. The purpose of this application is to provide a cellular delivery device capable of accommodating and delivering multiple micro aerial vehicles.

[0010] The embodiment of the present application provides a cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles, which includes a cellular micro-aerial vehicle delivery box, and the delivery box includes:

[0011] A plurality of cylindrical cavities, which are used to accommodate a plurality of micro aerial vehicles;

[0012] a door capable of being controlled to open, the door enclosing the plurality of cylindrical cavities; and

[0013] A wireless remote control switch module is used to control the opening of the door.

[0014] In at least one embodiment, one or more posture correction structures for correcting the initial posture of the micro aerial vehicle are provided on the door panel of the door and / or the peripheral wall of the cavity.

[0015] In at least one embodiment, a plurality of arc-shaped grooves are provided on the door panel of the door, and the arc-shaped grooves are located at the center of the circular tubular cavity and are used to correct the initial posture of the micro aerial vehicle.

[0016] In at least one embodiment, a plurality of protrusions protruding radially inward are provided on the peripheral wall of the cavity, and a clamping groove is formed between the plurality of protrusions, and the clamping groove is used to correct the initial posture of the micro aerial vehicle.

[0017] In at least one embodiment, the delivery box is in the shape of a cube, a rectangular parallelepiped or a cylinder, and further comprises side panels, which are arranged around the door, and the door is connected to the side panels via brackets, connecting rods or hinges, and the delivery box further comprises a pulling device, which is used to pull the door open.

[0018] In at least one embodiment, the wireless remote control switch module includes a stepper motor or is controlled by a stepper motor.

[0019] In at least one embodiment, the drop box includes a plurality of hooks for lifting the drop box.

[0020] In at least one embodiment, the plurality of circular tubular cavities are arranged in an array.

[0021] In at least one embodiment, the dispensing device further includes a control device for wirelessly controlling the wireless remote control switch module to open the door.

[0022] In at least one embodiment, the delivery device further comprises a plurality of passive micro aerial vehicles, wherein the plurality of passive micro aerial vehicles are respectively accommodated in the plurality of cylindrical cavities.

[0023] The passive micro-aircraft is a 4-blade passive micro-aircraft.

[0024] The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles provided in the present application can accommodate and deliver multiple micro-aerial vehicles, thereby achieving unified delivery of clustered micro-aerial vehicles. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 This is the overall appearance of the clustered passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery box proposed by the present invention;

[0026] Figure 2 It is a cross-sectional view of the honeycomb structure in the cavity of the cluster-type passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery box proposed by the present invention;

[0027] Figure 3 This is a structural distribution diagram of the arc-shaped grooves on the door panel of the cluster-type passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery box proposed by the present invention;

[0028] Figure 4 This is a three-dimensional view of the cluster-type passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery box proposed by the present invention after it is opened;

[0029] Figure 5 This is another overall appearance diagram of the cluster-type passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery box proposed by the present invention;

[0030] Figure 6 It is a bottom view of the honeycomb structure in the cavity of the cluster-type passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery box proposed by the present invention.

[0031] 1-hole structure for threading the rope of the delivery box; 2-panel on the side of the delivery box; 3-tension device on the delivery box; 4-wireless remote control switch module; 5-movable door panel of the delivery box; 6-passive micro-aircraft; 7-correction groove in the cavity of the delivery box; 8-arc-shaped groove; 9-protrusion; 10-blade of the aircraft; 11-round tube. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The exemplary embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that these specific descriptions are only used to teach those skilled in the art how to implement the present application, and are not intended to exhaust all possible methods of the present application, nor to limit the scope of the present application.

[0033] The embodiments of the present application provide a cellular delivery device (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "delivery box") for clustered micro-aerial vehicles.

[0034] In view of the problem that the existing drone delivery box lacks the initial posture correction and batch delivery of clustered passive micro-aircraft, the purpose of the present invention is to propose a delivery box that can deliver multiple passive micro-aircraft with the same posture at the same time. The delivery box is a honeycomb micro-aircraft delivery box, including multiple cylindrical cavities, a door with a rebound function and a wireless remote control switch module 4. Different from the traditional single-cavity delivery box, the delivery box is designed to meet the requirements of clustered passive micro-aircraft for the initial posture and the controllable delivery requirements. A circular arc groove 8 is provided on the door panel 5 of the aircraft delivery box (i.e., the movable door panel 5 of the delivery box) corresponding to the center position of each cylindrical cavity. The corresponding structure at the bottom of the aircraft, for example, the electronic components or other functional devices at the bottom of the aircraft can contact the circular arc groove 8 to facilitate the correction of the initial posture of the passive micro-aircraft. The opening and closing of the delivery box door is performed by, for example, a stepping motor switch controlled by a wireless remote control. In order to facilitate the reliable opening of the door, a tension device 3 including an elastic rubber (i.e., the tension device 3 on the delivery box) is provided. The tension device 3 can also include a spring, or the elastic rubber can be replaced by a spring. The above series of settings can ensure that the passive micro-aerial vehicle can be released in a controllable manner.

[0035] Optionally, the delivery box can be a cube, a rectangular parallelepiped or a cylindrical structure. The delivery box can also include a side panel, which is arranged around the door, and the door can be connected to the side panel through a bracket, a connecting rod or a hinge. The delivery box also includes a pulling device 3, which can be used to pull the door open.

[0036] The design principle of the drop box is innovative, and the preparation method is simple and easy. It has great application potential in the launch and application of clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles and related products.

[0037] The present invention realizes the function of uniform and controllable delivery of clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles in the delivery box through honeycomb structure design, arc-shaped groove 8 design on the door panel 5 of the delivery box and wireless remote control stepper motor operation.

[0038] First, the basic geometric dimensions and configurations of each chamber of the drop box are determined based on the geometric configuration of the passive micro-aerial vehicle, the posture required for delivery, and the total number of aircraft. The cellular drop box for clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles is designed in three dimensions through engineering design software (e.g., Solidworks). Taking into account that passive micro-aerial vehicles are generally equipped with certain functional circuits, especially the bottom of the micro-aerial vehicle is often tilted after being placed in the drop box due to the functional circuits or devices, which can seriously affect the flight posture of the passive micro-aerial vehicle cluster. To this end, a corresponding arc-shaped groove 8 is designed on the door panel 5 of the drop box. The groove 8 faces the micro-aerial vehicle and faces the air. Figure 1 The lower side of Figure 3The inner side of the paper is concave. This is to make the micro-aircraft maintain the correct initial posture. Secondly, the manufacturing process of the honeycomb drop box for clustered passive micro-aircraft is simple and reliable. Here, the acrylic plate and the straight round tube can be directly bonded.

[0039] The two sides of the passive micro-aircraft delivery box are provided with perforated "ears", namely hooks 1 (hole structure 1 for threading the rope of the delivery box, it can be understood that the hole structure formed in the hook is the main structure for connecting with the external rope), and multiple hooks 1 can be provided. In the example shown in the figure (for example Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 4 ), four hooks 1 are shown, of course, the present application is not limited to this. The hook 1 can be installed on the panel on the side of the drop box, that is, the side panel 2. The drop box is brought to a specified height in the air and hovered by binding the "ears" of the drop box with ropes under the drone. Then, the door of the drop box is opened by wireless remote control, and the passive micro-aircraft cluster inside will spin stably and fall under the combined action of gravity and air flow field, thereby achieving the purpose of controllable delivery of passive micro-aircraft.

[0040] The drop box may have a top panel opposite the door panel (see Figure 4 ) or have no top panel, i.e., the top may be open (see Figure 5 ).

[0041] Aiming at the problem of launching clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles, the present invention is inspired by the honeycomb structure and integrates the circular tubular cavities together, combined with the design of the arc-shaped grooves 8 at the corresponding positions on the door panel 5, to achieve the purpose of initial attitude calibration and unified launch of clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles.

[0042] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the cluster-type passive micro-aerial vehicle delivery box at the moment of delivery, which mainly includes a circular tubular cavity, an arc-shaped groove 8, a wireless remote control switch module 4, a door switch elastic rubber, an "ear"-shaped hook, and a cluster-type passive micro-aerial vehicle.

[0043] Figure 2 This is a cross-sectional view of the honeycomb circular tube structure in the drop box, which clearly shows the shape and arrangement of the circular tube structure. According to a specific group of passive micro-aerial vehicles, the internal structure of the circular tube is individually designed to meet the consistency of the initial configuration. Here, multiple circular tubes 11 can be arranged in the form of a matrix, especially arranged with the outer walls close to each other. Here, the circular tube 11 can be used to form a cavity, but other means can also be used to form a cavity, such as forming a cavity by injection molding, 3D printing, etc.

[0044] Preferably, the material of the delivery box can be acrylic, but is not limited thereto.

[0045] As a preference, Figure 2 The passive micro aerial vehicle selected is a 4-blade aerial vehicle, but is not limited to this.

[0046] Preferably, for a passive micro-aircraft with four blades, the number of the cylindrical inner slots (i.e., the correction slots 7 in the delivery box cavity) is four, and the number of the corresponding arc-shaped grooves on the door panel is one, but not limited thereto. Figure 6 Reference numeral 10 in the figure shows a blade of the aircraft, which is located in the groove between the protrusions 9.

[0047] like Figure 2 As shown, multiple passive micro-aircraft are placed one by one in the corresponding circular tube 11 before being launched. Since multiple protrusions 9 protruding radially inward in the circular tube 11 define multiple card slots and the circular arc groove design on the corresponding door panel, it can ensure that the initial posture of the passive micro-aircraft maintains the expected setting.

[0048] Figure 3 The top view of the arc-shaped groove on the door panel 5 of the drop box. Before being dropped, the lower end of each passive micro-aircraft contacts the inside of the arc-shaped groove. Combined with the design of the groove inside the round tube, the initial posture of the passive micro-aircraft can be ensured to be stable. At the same time, it can ensure that when the door panel 5 of the drop box is opened, the passive micro-aircraft can fall smoothly.

[0049] As a preference, Figure 3 The groove of the delivery box is arc-shaped, but not limited to this.

[0050] like Figure 6 As shown, multiple passive micro-aircraft can be arranged in multiple circular tubes 11, and multiple micro-aircraft can be stacked in one circular tube 11. The inner tube wall of the circular tube 11 can form multiple (for example, four) protrusions 9, and correction grooves 7 in the delivery box cavity can be formed between adjacent protrusions 9 (exemplarily, four correction grooves 7 in the delivery box cavity can be formed in one circular tube 11). The blades 10 of the micro-aircraft can be confined to the correction grooves 7 in the delivery box cavity to correct the posture of the micro-aircraft in the delivery box. It can be understood that the correction grooves 7 in the delivery box cavity and the arc-shaped grooves 8 on the movable door panel 5 can jointly correct the posture of the micro-aircraft in the delivery box.

[0051] like Figure 1 and Figure 4 As shown, there may be two door panels 5, so that the drop box has a double door, and the two door panels 5 may be symmetrically arranged. In one example, the door may be a single door. In another example, the door may be detachably connected to the side panel 2, and the aircraft may be released by separating the door.

[0052] like Figure 1As shown, the wireless remote control switch module 4 can be arranged at the joint of the two door panels 5. The wireless remote control switch module 4 can be mounted to the side panel 2 and keep the door closed. The wireless remote control switch module 4 may include a steering gear, a shaft mounted to the steering gear, and a baffle connected to the shaft, the baffle being located at the joint of the two door panels 5 to block the two door panels 5. When the steering gear works, the shaft extends and the baffle moves down, so that the door can be opened.

[0053] There can be one or two wireless remote control switch modules 4. When two wireless remote control switch modules 4 are provided, the two wireless remote control switch modules 4 can be arranged opposite to each other along the joints of the two door panels 5.

[0054] (1) Technical level:

[0055] Traditional drone delivery boxes are often large in size and have a single cavity, lacking a device for the controllable delivery of clustered passive micro-aircraft. The present invention is inspired by the honeycomb structure and is integrated into the intelligent delivery box in a closely packed tubular cavity. Multiple card slots (calibration slots 7 in the delivery box cavity) that match the configuration of the passive micro-aircraft are provided on the inner wall of each circular tubular cavity, and arc-shaped grooves are provided on the door panel 5 corresponding to the bottom of the circular tube to facilitate the calibration of the initial posture of the passive micro-aircraft. The delivery of the micro-aircraft in each cavity can be uniformly released by opening the door through the wireless remote control switch module 4.

[0056] (2) Application level:

[0057] At the application level, the present invention is mainly designed for the deployment of clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles, which can meet the uniformity of the posture of the passive micro-aerial vehicle cluster and the uniformity of the release process. It has unique application advantages in using passive micro-aerial vehicles for environmental monitoring, terrain exploration, plant seeding, etc.

[0058] Inspired by the honeycomb structure, the present invention cleverly designs a honeycomb controllable delivery box for clustered passive micro-aerial vehicles, which can realize the simultaneous release of multiple passive micro-aerial vehicles without affecting each other.

[0059] The present invention designs a groove for passive micro-aerial vehicle attitude correction on the door panel of the drop box, so as to maintain the consistency of the initial attitudes of the passive micro-aerial vehicles in the cluster.

[0060] The invention adopts wireless remote control to control the opening and closing of the delivery box door by controlling the rotation of a steering gear. A latch piece is installed on the steering gear and can rotate with the steering gear to control the opening and closing of the door.

[0061] The cellular delivery device of the present application can also be used to deliver active or semi-active micro-aircraft. The card slot in the present application is particularly useful for the attitude correction of passive micro-aircraft. When used for active micro-aircraft, for example, the card slot may not be provided.

[0062] The passive micro-aircraft here refers specifically to an unpowered aircraft, or an aircraft whose flight process mainly relies on external forces rather than its own power.

[0063] It should be understood that at least some aspects or features of the above-mentioned implementation modes, embodiments or examples may be appropriately combined.

[0064] It is understood that in the present application, when the number of parts or components is not specifically limited, the number may be one or more, and the multiple here means two or more. For the case where the number of parts or components shown in the drawings and / or described in the specification is a specific number such as two, three, four, etc., the specific number is usually exemplary rather than restrictive, and it can be understood as multiple, that is, two or more, but this does not mean that the present application excludes the case of one.

[0065] It should be understood that the above embodiments, examples or examples are only exemplary and are not intended to limit the present application. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes to the above embodiments, examples or examples under the guidance of the present application without departing from the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles, characterized in that: The invention comprises a cellular micro-aerial vehicle delivery box, which comprises: A plurality of cylindrical cavities, which are used to accommodate a plurality of micro aerial vehicles; a door capable of being controlled to open, the door enclosing the plurality of cylindrical cavities; and A wireless remote control switch module (4) is used to control the opening of the door.

2. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1 is characterized in that: One or more posture correction structures for correcting the initial posture of the micro aerial vehicle are provided on the door panel of the door and / or the peripheral wall of the cavity.

3. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1 is characterized in that: A plurality of arc-shaped grooves (8) are provided on the door panel of the door. The arc-shaped grooves (8) are located at the center of the circular tubular cavity and are used to correct the initial posture of the micro-aerial vehicle.

4. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of protrusions (9) protruding radially inward are arranged on the peripheral wall of the cavity, and a clamping groove is formed between the plurality of protrusions (9), and the clamping groove is used to correct the initial posture of the micro-aircraft.

5. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that: The delivery box is in the shape of a cube, a rectangular parallelepiped or a cylinder, and further comprises a side panel, which is arranged around the door, and the door is connected to the side panel via a bracket, a connecting rod or a hinge. The delivery box further comprises a pulling device (3), and the pulling device (3) is used to pull the door open.

6. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that: The wireless remote control switch module (4) comprises a stepping motor or is controlled by a stepping motor.

7. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that: The delivery box comprises a plurality of hooks (1) for lifting the delivery box.

8. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that: The multiple circular tubular cavities are arranged in an array.

9. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also comprises a control device, which is used for wirelessly controlling the wireless remote control switch module (4) to open the door.

10. The cellular delivery device for clustered micro-aerial vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a plurality of passive micro aerial vehicles, wherein the plurality of passive micro aerial vehicles are respectively accommodated in the plurality of cylindrical cavities. The passive micro-aircraft is a 4-blade passive micro-aircraft.

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