External power supply power taking device for unmanned aerial vehicle

By adopting the design of U-shaped support rods and elastic telescopic components in the drone's external power supply device, the problem of heat dissipation when the device is used and the inconvenient folding and storage of the support frame is solved, achieving better heat dissipation effect and Convenient assembly, disassembly and storage.

CN222380757UActive Publication Date: 2025-01-21CHENGDU QIJI ELECTRONIC TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202421074918.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-05-17
Publication Date
2025-01-21
Estimated Expiration
2034-05-17

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Technical Problem

The existing drone external power supply power supply device will emit a lot of heat when used, which is not conducive to heat dissipation, and the support frame is not convenient for folding and storage, affecting the normal use of the drone.

Method used

A UAV external power supply device is designed, which uses a U-shaped support rod and an elastic telescopic component. The bottom of the support rod is equipped with a fixed box and a locking component. It can be quickly assembled and disassembled through the adjusting screw and positioning plate, and the telescopic spring Automatically resets for folding and storage.

Benefits of technology

It effectively improves the heat dissipation problem of the external power supply, and realizes the rapid assembly and disassembly and automatic reset of the device through the design of elastic telescopic components, which facilitates the normal use of the drone and the folding and storage of the equipment.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle external power supply electricity taking device in the technical field of external power supplies, which comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body, a mounting groove is arranged at the bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, two groups of support frames are symmetrically and rotatably arranged in the mounting groove, and two groups of protection boxes are symmetrically arranged at the bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle body. An elastic telescopic assembly capable of sliding in the supporting frame is installed in the protection box. The bottoms of the two sets of supporting frames abut against an external power source body, and the top of the external power source body is symmetrically provided with two sets of fixing blocks buckled to the interiors of the supporting frames. The problems that an external power supply electricity taking device emits a large amount of heat during use, heat dissipation of the external power supply electricity taking device is not facilitated, a supporting frame used for installing the external power supply electricity taking device is inconvenient to fold and store, and normal use of the unmanned aerial vehicle is not facilitated are solved.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of external power supplies, in particular to an external power supply device for unmanned aerial vehicles. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous development and growth of the drone industry, drones have gradually begun to be used in aerial photography, agriculture, plant protection, WeChat selfies, express delivery, disaster relief, wildlife observation, infectious disease monitoring, surveying and mapping, news reporting, power inspection, disaster relief, and film and television shooting. Due to the limited battery energy storage of existing drones, they usually need to be equipped with corresponding external power supplies for power supply.

[0003] Existing external power supply devices for drones are usually installed directly on the drone. The external power supply devices will emit a large amount of heat when in use, which is not conducive to their own heat dissipation. In addition, the support frame used to install the external power supply device is not convenient to fold and store, which is not conducive to the normal use of the drone. Therefore, those skilled in the art provide an external power supply device for drones to solve the problems raised in the above background technology. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a device for obtaining power from an external power source of a drone to solve the problems raised in the above-mentioned background technology.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: an external power supply device for a drone, comprising a drone body, a mounting groove is provided at the bottom of the drone body, two sets of support frames are symmetrically and rotatably installed inside the mounting groove, two sets of protection boxes are symmetrically installed at the bottom of the drone body, and an elastic telescopic component that can slide inside the support frame is installed inside the protection box;

[0006] The bottoms of the two groups of support frames are abutted against an external power source body, and two groups of fixing blocks snapped into the inside of the support frames are symmetrically installed on the top of the external power source body. A locking assembly for positioning the fixing blocks is installed on one side of the bottom of the support frame.

[0007] Preferably: the support frame includes a U-shaped support rod rotatably installed inside the installation groove, and two groups of connecting grooves for sliding elastic telescopic components are symmetrically opened inside the U-shaped support rod, and a fixing box supporting the locking component is integrally formed on one side of the bottom end of the U-shaped support rod.

[0008] Preferably: the elastic telescopic component includes two groups of sliding rods slidably installed inside the protective box, one end of the two groups of sliding rods extending into the interior of the protective box is connected to a push-pull rod that can slide inside the connecting groove, one end of the two groups of sliding rods located inside the protective box is connected to the same movable plate, and a telescopic spring mounted on the outer ring of the sliding rod is connected between the movable plate and the interior of the protective box.

[0009] Preferably, two groups of fixing rods penetrating the movable plate are symmetrically installed inside the protection box, and the movable plate can slide on the surface of the fixing rods.

[0010] Preferably: the locking assembly includes an adjusting screw threadedly connected to the fixing box, one end of the adjusting screw is rotatably connected to a positioning plate, a side of the positioning plate away from the adjusting screw is fixedly installed with a plurality of groups of plug rods that can be snapped into the inside of the fixing block, and an auxiliary part for limiting the movement direction of the positioning plate is fixedly installed on the side of the positioning plate connected to the adjusting screw.

[0011] Preferably, the auxiliary component comprises two groups of auxiliary rods fixedly connected to the positioning plate, the two groups of auxiliary rods are symmetrically installed on both sides of the adjusting screw, and the two groups of auxiliary rods are slidably installed inside the fixing box.

[0012] Preferably, a turntable is welded to one end of the adjusting screw away from the positioning plate, and a plurality of anti-slip grooves are provided on the outer ring of the turntable.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0014] 1. In the utility model, the external power supply device is installed at the bottom away from the drone body by arranging a U-shaped support rod, which can facilitate the heat dissipation of the external power supply body when in use. The top of the external power supply body is provided with a fixing block that is snapped to the bottom of the U-shaped support rod. By arranging an adjusting screw to drive the positioning plate, the plug rod and the auxiliary rod moving rod, the external power supply body can be easily assembled and disassembled quickly.

[0015] 2. In the utility model, a push-pull rod is arranged to move with the U-shaped support rod, the push-pull rod drives the sliding rod and the movable plate to move, and the movable plate drives the telescopic spring to move, so as to provide elastic support and positioning for the U-shaped support rod. When the external power supply device is disassembled, the U-shaped support rod is automatically reset by resetting the telescopic spring, which can facilitate the folding and storage of the installation structure, facilitate the normal use of the drone body, and facilitate the assembly of other equipment at the bottom of the drone body. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 2 It is a bottom view of the overall structure of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 For this utility model Figure 1 A magnified view of middle;

[0019] Figure 4 For this utility model Figure 2 Enlarged view of B.

[0020] In the figure: 1. UAV body; 2. Installation groove; 3. Protection box; 4. External power supply body; 5. Fixing block; 6. U-shaped support rod; 7. Connecting groove; 8. Fixing box; 9. Sliding rod; 10. Push-pull rod; 11. Movable plate; 12. Telescopic spring; 13. Fixing rod; 14. Adjusting screw; 15. Positioning plate; 16. Insert rod; 17. Auxiliary rod; 18. Turntable. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0022] See also Figure 1 to Figure 4 In an embodiment of the utility model, a power supply device for an external power supply of a drone includes a drone body 1, a mounting groove 2 is provided at the bottom of the drone body 1, two groups of support frames are symmetrically and rotatably installed inside the mounting groove 2, two groups of protection boxes 3 are symmetrically installed at the bottom of the drone body 1, and elastic telescopic components that can slide inside the support frames are installed inside the protection boxes 3, the bottoms of the two groups of support frames are abutted against an external power supply body 4, two groups of fixing blocks 5 that are snapped into the inside of the support frames are symmetrically installed on the top of the external power supply body 4, and a locking component for positioning the fixing block 5 is installed on one side of the bottom of the support frame, and the drone body 1 and the external power supply body 4 can be connected by plug-in wiring.

[0023] When it is necessary to install the external power supply device, the two groups of support frames inside the installation groove 2 are relatively pulled apart. After the support frames are moved to the appropriate position, the fixing block 5 on the top of the external power supply body 4 is snapped onto the support frames. The operator can fix the external power supply body 4 to the bottom of the support frame by turning the locking assembly. When the support frame rotates, it can drive the elastic telescopic assembly to move. After the external power supply body 4 at the bottom is removed, the support frame can be stored under the installation groove 2 by resetting the elastic telescopic assembly, thereby preventing the support frame, locking assembly, etc. from occupying a large space when the drone body 1 is in normal use and storage.

[0024] In one embodiment, specifically, the support frame includes a U-shaped support rod 6 rotatably installed inside the installation groove 2, and two groups of connecting grooves 7 for sliding elastic telescopic components are symmetrically opened inside the U-shaped support rod 6, and a fixing box 8 supporting the locking component is integrally formed on one side of the bottom end of the U-shaped support rod 6.

[0025] Among them, the elastic telescopic component includes two groups of sliding rods 9 slidably installed inside the protective box 3, one end of the two groups of sliding rods 9 extending into the protective box 3 is connected to a push-pull rod 10 that can slide inside the connecting groove 7, and one end of the two groups of sliding rods 9 located inside the protective box 3 is connected to the same movable plate 11, and a telescopic spring 12 mounted on the outer circle of the sliding rod 9 is connected between the movable plate 11 and the inside of the protective box 3.

[0026] Pull the U-shaped support rod 6 to rotate, the U-shaped support rod 6 drives the fixed box 8 to rotate, and the U-shaped support rod 6 drives the push-pull rod 10 to slide inside the connecting groove 7 while moving, and the push-pull rod 10 drives the slide rod 9 to move, and the slide rod 9 drives the movable plate 11 to move inside the protective box 3, and the movable plate 11 drives the telescopic spring 12 to retract and retract, and after the external force on the U-shaped support rod 6 is removed, the telescopic spring 12 can be used to reset the U-shaped support rod 6 to be reset and stored. Furthermore, two groups of fixed rods 13 that pass through the movable plate 11 are symmetrically installed inside the protective box 3, and the movable plate 11 can slide on the surface of the fixed rod 13, which can make the movement of the movable plate 11, the slide rod 9 and the telescopic spring 12 more stable.

[0027] In one embodiment, the locking assembly includes an adjusting screw 14 threadedly connected to the fixing box 8, one end of the adjusting screw 14 is rotatably connected to a positioning plate 15, a side of the positioning plate 15 away from the adjusting screw 14 is fixedly installed with multiple groups of plug rods 16 that can be snapped into the inside of the fixing block 5, and a side of the positioning plate 15 connected to the adjusting screw 14 is fixedly installed with an auxiliary part for limiting the movement direction of the positioning plate 15, the auxiliary part includes two groups of auxiliary rods 17 fixedly connected to the positioning plate 15, the two groups of auxiliary rods 17 are symmetrically installed on both sides of the adjusting screw 14, and the two groups of auxiliary rods 17 are both slidably installed inside the fixing box 8.

[0028] The two groups of fixing blocks 5 on the top of the external power supply body 4 are respectively buckled into the inside of the two groups of U-shaped support rods 6, and the operator rotates the adjusting screw 14, and the adjusting screw 14 drives the positioning plate 15 to move, and the positioning plate 15 drives the auxiliary rod 17 to slide inside the fixing box 8, and the positioning plate 15 simultaneously drives the insertion rod 16 to move, and the insertion rod 16 is buckled into the inside of the fixing block 5, so as to fix the fixing block 5 and the external power supply body 4. Furthermore, a turntable 18 is welded at one end of the adjusting screw 14 away from the positioning plate 15, and a plurality of anti-slip grooves are provided on the outer ring of the turntable 18, so as to facilitate the operator to rotate the adjusting screw 14.

[0029] The above description is only a preferred specific implementation manner of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can make equivalent replacements or changes within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention according to the technical scheme and the utility model concept of the present invention, which should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A device for obtaining power from an external power source for a drone, comprising a drone body (1), characterized in that: The bottom of the drone body (1) is provided with a mounting groove (2), two groups of support frames are symmetrically mounted in the mounting groove (2), two groups of protection boxes (3) are symmetrically mounted at the bottom of the drone body (1), and elastic telescopic components that can slide inside the support frames are mounted inside the protection boxes (3); The bottoms of the two groups of support frames are butted against an external power source body (4), the tops of the external power source body (4) are symmetrically mounted with two groups of fixing blocks (5) snapped into the interior of the support frames, and a locking assembly for positioning the fixing blocks (5) is mounted on one side of the bottom of the support frame.

2. The external power supply device for a drone according to claim 1, characterized in that: The support frame comprises a U-shaped support rod (6) rotatably mounted inside the mounting groove (2), the U-shaped support rod (6) is symmetrically provided with two groups of connecting grooves (7) for sliding elastic telescopic components, and a fixing box (8) for supporting the locking component is integrally formed on one side of the bottom end of the U-shaped support rod (6).

3. The external power supply device for a drone according to claim 2, characterized in that: The elastic telescopic component comprises two groups of slide bars (9) slidably mounted inside the protection box (3); one end of the two groups of slide bars (9) extending into the protection box (3) is connected to a push-pull rod (10) that can slide inside the connecting groove (7); one end of the two groups of slide bars (9) located inside the protection box (3) is connected to the same movable plate (11); a telescopic spring (12) sleeved on the outer ring of the slide bar (9) is connected between the movable plate (11) and the inside of the protection box (3).

4. The external power supply device for a drone according to claim 3, characterized in that: Two groups of fixing rods (13) penetrating the movable plate (11) are symmetrically installed inside the protection box (3), and the movable plate (11) can slide on the surface of the fixing rods (13).

5. The external power supply device for a drone according to claim 2, characterized in that: The locking assembly comprises an adjusting screw (14) threadedly connected to a fixing box (8); one end of the adjusting screw (14) is rotatably connected to a positioning plate (15); a side of the positioning plate (15) away from the adjusting screw (14) is fixedly mounted with a plurality of groups of plug rods (16) that can be snapped into the interior of a fixing block (5); and an auxiliary component for limiting the movable direction of the positioning plate (15) is fixedly mounted on a side of the positioning plate (15) connected to the adjusting screw (14).

6. The external power supply device for a drone according to claim 5, characterized in that: The auxiliary component comprises two groups of auxiliary rods (17) fixedly connected to the positioning plate (15), the two groups of auxiliary rods (17) are symmetrically installed on both sides of the adjusting screw (14), and the two groups of auxiliary rods (17) are slidably installed inside the fixing box (8).

7. The external power supply device for a drone according to claim 5, characterized in that: A turntable (18) is welded to one end of the adjusting screw rod (14) away from the positioning plate (15), and the outer ring of the turntable (18) is provided with a plurality of groups of anti-slip grooves.